Harvard Art Museums > 1943.53.17: Bodhisattva Manjusri Seated Under a Canopy Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Bodhisattva Manjusri Seated Under a Canopy , 1943.53.17,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204042. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.53.17 Title Bodhisattva Manjusri Seated Under a Canopy Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, relief Date 534-550 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shanxi province, Tianlongshan Period Eastern Wei, 534-550 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204042 Physical Descriptions Medium Carved sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province Dimensions sight: 74.5 x 38.1 cm (29 5/16 x 15 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 1943.53.17 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Buddhist figure seated under a canopy facing proper right. Low sandstone relief from cave 2 at 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Pigments on Stone" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1982), Unpublished, pp. 1-16 passim Tianlongshan Caves Project, website, Center for the Art of East Asia, The University of Chicago, accessed April 7, 2021,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/165 Related Media 3D Model: Bodhisattva Manjusri Seated Under a Canopy Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
