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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.53.33
Title
Standing Bodhisattva with Hands Clasped in Anjali Mudra
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, relief
Date
mid 6th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shanxi province, Tianlongshan
Period
Eastern Wei (534-550) to Northern Qi (550-577)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203999

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sandstone with traces of polychromy; from Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
Dimensions
H. 84 x W. 27 x D. 12 cm (33 1/16 x 10 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.53.33
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Standing Buddhist figure with hands pressed together at chest level. From Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.

Publication History

  • Csilla Felker and John Dennis, "Caves at Tien Lung Shan: A Technical Study of Pigments on Stone" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1982), Unpublished, pp. 1-16 passim
  • Tianlongshan Caves Project, website, Center for the Art of East Asia, The University of Chicago, accessed April 7, 2021, https://tls.uchicago.edu/single-sculpture/171

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