Mural Painting Section
Object Number: | C493.1 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Chinese Buddhist |
Provenience: | China Shanxi Hongtong Guangshengsi |
Period: | Ming Dynasty |
Date Made: | ca. 1476 |
Early Date: | 1476 |
Late Date: | 1496 |
Section: | Asian |
Materials: | Mud Seeds Straw Leaves Tempera |
Technique: | Painted Mural |
Iconography: | Moon |
Height: | 182.88 cm |
Width: | 86.36 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1926 |
Other Number: | Panel 2 - Other Number |
Description
The Moon with hands clasped and a white disc in her headdress. Part of a larger mural depicting the Buddha of Blazing Light, Tejaprabha.
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