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
Lyons, Elizabeth, Heather A. Peters, Chang Ch'eng-mei, and Gregory L. Possehl. Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition . Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1985. See: p. 24
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Jayne, Horace H. "The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects ." The University Museum Bulletin 9, no. 2-3. (1941): 9-50. See: p. 61
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Siren, Osvald. Chinese sculpture from the fifth to the fourteenth century; over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China
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Getz, John. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art
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Jayne, Horace F. "Appendix II ." The University Museum Bulletin IX, no. 2-3. (1941): 58-62. See: p. 61
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