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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. : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 34, p. 19 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Bachhofer, Ludwig. 1946. A Short History of Chinese Art. : Page/Fig./Plate: #66 a,b. p. 74-5 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [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) : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 18, Fig. 13 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] Jayne, Horace H. F. 1939. Chinese Art at the University Museum. Parnassus. 11 (1) | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] Bachhofer, Ludwig. 1938. Zur Geschichte der chinesischen Plastik vom VIII-XIV Jahrhundert, in 1938. Chinesische Plastik. Volume 14. : Page/Fig./Plate: Illustration | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] 1936. The Romance of Chinese Art. : Page/Fig./Plate: 65-82 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [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) : Page/Fig./Plate: 22-30 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [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. : Page/Fig./Plate: 109 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Catalogue] Royal Academy of Arts. 1935. Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 205, No. 2397, Pg. 219, 2397 (illustration) | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] 1931. Two Chinese Sculptures of the T'ang Dynasty. The University Museum Bulletin. 2 (4): pp. 119-123. : Page/Fig./Plate: 119-123 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Siren, Osvald. 1930. Histoire des Arts Anciens de la Chine. Volume 3. : Page/Fig./Plate: 119-123, Plates 6, 7 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] Springer, Anton. 1929. Die ostasiatische Kunst, in 1929. Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte. Volume 6. 43, 50, pl. 68. : Page/Fig./Plate: 109 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [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. : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 378 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] Glaser, Curt. 1925. Ostasiatische Plastik. Die Kunst des Ostens. Volume XI : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 79 A and B, p. 56 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Ashton, Leigh. 1924. An Introduction to the Study of Chinese Sculpture. : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 68 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] Bishop, Charles W. 1916. Notes on Chinese Statuary. The Museum Journal. Volume VII (No. 3): 152-177. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 12 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The Univesity Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art. : Page/Fig./Plate: 169.Figure 168 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] 1913. Two Early Chinese Statues. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. Volume 24 (No. 128): 106-110. : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate I | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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