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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.53.81
Title
Standing Bodhisattva Padmapani with Attached Flaming Mandorla and Stand
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
dated to 548
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Eastern Wei, 534-550
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204008

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilt bronze; with inscription on the stand dated to 548
Dimensions
H. 15.8 x W. 5.6 x D. 4.5 cm (6 1/4 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: inscription

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.53.81
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Leopold Swergold, Thoughts on Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes (n.p., 2014), p. 28, ill. p. 29

Verification Level

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