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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.53.34
Title
Standing Bodhisattva Holding a Lotus Bud
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1st quarter 6th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province, Gongxian
Period
Northern Wei, 386-534
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204142

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Limestone with traces of pigment. From Gongxian, Henan province.
Dimensions
sight: H. 91.7 x W. 38.5 x D. 22.86 cm (36 1/8 x 15 3/16 x 9 in.)
weight 163 lb.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.53.34
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Osvald Sirén, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, E. Benn (London, 1925), Pl. 105 A
  • Osvald Sirén, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, E. Benn (London, 1925), p. 28
  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 068, pp. 82-83

Verification Level

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