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| Object Number: | C112 |
| Current Location: | China Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Chinese Buddhist |
| Provenience: | China Shaanxi (uncertain) |
| Period: | Tang Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 8th Century |
| 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. Figure in flowing robes, scarves and ornaments stands on lotus base. Vase in headdress. Lower arms are missing. Traces of red, blue and green paint and gold leaf. C111 and C112 are a pair, 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. 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. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: #66 a,b. p. 74-5 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Jayne, Horace H. F. 1941. The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects. The University Museum Bulletin. 9 (2-3) Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 18, Fig. 13 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Jayne, Horace H. F. 1939. Chinese Art at the University Museum. Parnassus. 11 (1) Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Bachhofer, Ludwig. 1938. Zur Geschichte der chinesischen Plastik vom VIII-XIV Jahrhundert, in 1938. Chinesische Plastik. Volume 14. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Illustration | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Book] 1936. The Romance of Chinese Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 65-82 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Jayne, Horace H. F. 1935. The Museum's Loan to Burlington House ( for International Exhibition of Chinese Art held in London 1935-36). The University Museum Bulletin. 6 (1) Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 22-30 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Book] Jayne, H. H. 1935. The Museum's Loan to Burlington House (For International Exhibition of Chinese Art held in London 1935-36). Volume VI, No. 1 (October). 17-21. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 109 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Catalogue] Royal Academy of Arts. 1935. Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art. 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. 2 (4): pp. 119-123. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 119-123 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Book] Siren, Osvald. 1930. Histoire des Arts Anciens de la Chine. Volume 3. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 119-123, Plates 6, 7 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Springer, Anton. 1929. Die ostasiatische Kunst, in 1929. Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte. Volume 6. 43, 50, pl. 68. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 109 | View 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. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 378 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Glaser, Curt. 1925. Ostasiatische Plastik. Die Kunst des Ostens. Volume 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. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 68 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Bishop, Charles W. 1916. Notes on Chinese Statuary. The Museum Journal. Volume VII (No. 3): 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. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 169.Figure 168 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] 1913. Two Early Chinese Statues. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. Volume 24 (No. 128): 106-110. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate I | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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