Statue
C108
Location: On Display in the Asia Galleries
From: China | Chihli (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Asian
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Object Number
C108
Current Location
Asia Galleries - On Display
Culture
Chinese | Buddhist
Provenience
China | Chihli (uncertain)
Period
Northern Qi Dynasty
Date Made
Northern Qi Dynasty
Section
Asian
Materials
Marble (Stone)
Technique
Carved
Iconography
Bodhisattva | Lotus Bud
Description
Marble shrine figure of a bodhisattva, most likely Guanyin, with a jewelled headdress, necklace, and scarves. Standing on a simplified lotus bud. Oval halo. C104 through C108 are a set. C107 and C108 are a pair within the set.
Height
43 cm
Width
10.5 cm
Depth
8.5 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1915
Other Number
Getz 30 - Other Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
[Catalogue] Possehl, Gregory L., and Ch'eng-mei, Chang, and Peters, Heather A., and Lyons, Elizabeth. 1985. Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition .. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 24
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[Article] Jayne, Horace H. 1941. "The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects". The University Museum Bulletin . Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 9. no. 2-3. pg. 9-50 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 61View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Siren, Osvald. 1925. Chinese sculpture from the fifth to the fourteenth century; over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China .. London. E. Benn, Ltd. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 68, Plate 254View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art .. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 30View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Jayne, Horace F. 1941. "Appendix II". The University Museum Bulletin . Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. IX. no. 2-3. pg. pp.58-62 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 61View Objects related to this Actual Citation
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