Mural Painting Section

C692.2

From: China | Shanxi | Hongtong | Guangshengsi

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number C692.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese | Buddhist
Provenience China | Shanxi | Hongtong | Guangshengsi
Period Ming Dynasty
Date Made ca. 1476
Section Asian
Materials Mud | Seeds | Straw | Leaves | Tempera
Technique Painted | Mural
Iconography Mercury | Monkey | Scroll | Wenshu
Description

Mercury holding a scroll and the right hand of Wenshu. Part of a larger mural depicting the Buddha of Blazing Light, Tejaprabha.

Height 233.68 cm
Width 53.34 cm
Credit Line Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1928
Other Number Panel 20 - Other Number

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