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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.53.79
Title
Standing Buddha, probably the Buddha Sakyamuni, with Hands in Abhaya-vara mudra
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
figure, sculpture
Date
second half 6th - early 7th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Northern Qi (550-577) to Sui (581-618) dynasty
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204007

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
H. 55 x W. 18.2 x D. 18.2 cm (21 5/8 x 7 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.53.79
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 066, pp. 78-79
  • 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Report" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 1977), Unpublished, passim
  • Leopold Swergold, Thoughts on Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes (n.p., 2014), p. 42, ill. p. 43

Verification Level

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