Statue
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| Object Number: | C112 |
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| Current Location: |
Asia Galleries 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 12 - 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 Halls (1941 - 1966) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| China Gallery (22 Feb 2017) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Chinese Rotunda (1968 - 22 Feb 2017) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Murai, Noriko, and Chong, Alan, and Abe, Stanley K. 2009. "Collecting Chinese Sculpture: Paris, New York, Boston". Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Boston. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. pg. 432-442 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 438, Fig. 9 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 |
| [Article] Jayne, Horace H. 1941. "The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 9. no. 2-3. pg. 9-50 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 18, Fig. 13 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 |
| [Article] Bachhofer, Ludwig. 1938. "Zur Geschichte der chinesischen Plastik vom VIII-XIV Jahrhundert". Chinesische Plastik. Berlin. Ostasiatische Zeitschrift. Vol. 14. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Illustration | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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. pg. 17-21 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pl. VI | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 |
| [Book] Siren, Osvald. 1930. "Histoire des Arts Anciens de la Chine". Annales du Muse Guimet. Bibliothe`que d'art.. Bruxelles. G. Van Oest. Vol. 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". Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte. Leipzig. Alfred Kroner Verlag. Vol. 6. pg. 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.. London. E. Benn, Ltd. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg.101, Plate 378B | 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: pg. 180, No. 12, pg.181 (photo) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] 1913. "Two Early Chinese Statues". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. London. Vol. 24. no. No. 128. pg. 106-110 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate I | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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