- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1965.467
- Title
- Seated Bodhisattva Manjusri (Wenshu Pusa), Wearing a Crown and Holding an Accordion-Fold Sutra
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Wenshu Pusa [Wen-shu P'u-sa]
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- figurine, sculpture
- Date
- late 8th-9th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Tang dynasty, 618-907
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/202479
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- H. 11.5 x W. 6.9 x D. 5.6 cm (4 1/2 x 2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Provenance
- [Bourgeois Galleries, New York, April 28, 1915] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, New York (1915-1965), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1965
- Object Number
- 1965.467
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 81, repr.
W. Chie Ishibashi, "East Asian Buddhist Bronzes: A Comparative Analytical Study and a Preliminary Report" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 1977), Unpublished, passim
- Exhibition History
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Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967
S425a: Chinese Gilt Bronze Sculpture, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008
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