Statue - C112 | Collections

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
Early Date:	700
Late Date:	8th Century
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:

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