Bas Relief
Object Number: | C98 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Chinese Buddhist |
Provenience: | China |
Period: | Tang Dynasty |
Date Made: | 750-800 CE |
Early Date: | 750 |
Late Date: | 800 |
Section: | Asian |
Materials: | Limestone Marble (Stone) |
Technique: | Bas Relief Painted Carved |
Iconography: | Bodhisattva |
Height: | 99 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1915 |
Other Number: | Getz 18 - Other Number |
Description
Stone bas relief of bodhisattva. White marble with traces of color. Standing figurine with body swinging to its left (3/4 wide view). Standing on lotus pedestal. Round halo with jewelled fillet and long scarfs and strings of pearls. There is no ushnisha nor urna and the ears are not long. Both arms are broken off at the elbow.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Buddhist Asia (21 Oct 2012 - 01 Apr 2022) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Chinese Halls (1941 - 1966) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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