1992.289: Seated Bodhisattva Târâ in her “Green Manifestation”
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.289
- Title
- Seated Bodhisattva Târâ in her “Green Manifestation”
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, figurine
- Date
- 15th century, Yongle period
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- Culture
- Sino-Tibetan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/200407
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Tibeto-Chinese Style; gilt bronze with an inscription reading "Da Ming Yonglenian shi"
- Dimensions
- H. 17.7 x W. 11.0 x D. 9.0 cm (6 15/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Ex-collection: Usher P. Coolidge
Hester C. Clapp and Susan C. Wolkoff (daughters of Usher P. and Sylvia S. Coolidge), gift to Harvard University Art Museums
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Hester C. Clapp and Susan C. Wolkoff in memory of their parents, Usher P. and Sylvia S. Coolidge
- Accession Year
- 1992
- Object Number
- 1992.289
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Sherman E. Lee and Wai-kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH, 1968), cat. no. 16
- James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), p. 10
- Francesca Herndon-Consagra, Reflections of the Buddha, exh. cat., Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Louis, MO, 2011-2012), p. 8 (installation image); p. 10, fig. 1; p. 26 (installation image); p. 43, no. 15
Exhibition History
- A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000
- Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013
- Reflections of the Buddha, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 09/09/2011 - 03/10/2012
- A Colloquium in the Visual Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 12/30/2022
Subjects and Contexts
- Collection Highlights
Verification Level
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