Statue

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Object Number:	C112
Current Location:	China & Japan Gallery Currently On Display
Culture:	Chinese Buddhist
Provenience:	China Shaanxi (uncertain)
Period:	Tang Dynasty
Date Made:	8th Century CE
Early Date:	700
Late Date:	799
Section:	Asian
Materials:	Limestone Paint Gold Leaf
Technique:	Carved Painted Gilded
Iconography:	Ta Shih Chih? Bodhisattva
Credit Line:	Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1915
Other Number:	GETZ 11 - Other Number

Description

Grey limestone statue of a Bodhisattva in flowing robes with scarves and ornaments. He stands on a lotus base. There is a vase in the headdress. The lower portion of the arms are both missing. There are traces of red, blue and green paint and gold leaf. C111 and C112 are a pair and were most likely made by the same artist.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Chinese Rotunda (1968)	View Objects in Exhibition
Chinese Halls (1941 - 1966)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Trubner, Henry. 1957. The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty.. Cambridge. Chadwyck-Healey. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 34, p. 19	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Bachhofer, Ludwig. 1946. A Short History of Chinese Art.. New York. Pantheon. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: #66 a,b. p. 74-5	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
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[Article] Jayne, Horace H. 01 Jan 1939. "Chinese Art at the University Museum". Parnassus. Vol. 11. no. 1. Actual Citation	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
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[Book] 1936. The Romance of Chinese Art.. Garden City. Garden City Publishing Company. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 65-82	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Jayne, Horace H. 1935. "The Museum's Loan to Burlington House ( for International Exhibition of Chinese Art held in London 1935-36)". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 6. no. 1. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 22-30	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
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[Catalogue] Royal Academy of Arts. 1935. Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art.. London. Royal Academy of Arts. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 205, No. 2397, Pg. 219, 2397 (illustration)	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] 1931. "Two Chinese Sculptures of the T'ang Dynasty". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 2. no. 4. pg. 119-123 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 119-123	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
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[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: Plate 378	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Glaser, Curt. 1925. "Ostasiatische Plastik". Die Kunst des Ostens. Berlin. B. Cassirer. Vol. XI. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 79 A and B, p. 56	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Ashton, Leigh. 1924. An Introduction to the Study of Chinese Sculpture.. London. E. Benn, Ltd. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 68	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Bishop, Carl W. 1916. "Notes on Chinese Statuary". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. VII. no. No. 3. pg. 152-177 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 12	View 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: 169.Figure 168	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
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