1943.53.38: Small Stele with Seated Bodhisattva, Perhaps Maitreya, Flanked on Either Side by a Bodhisattva Standing on a Lion and Surrounded at the Top by three Buddhas, with Twenty-Nine Seated Buddhas on the Reverse
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.53.38
- Title
- Small Stele with Seated Bodhisattva, Perhaps Maitreya, Flanked on Either Side by a Bodhisattva Standing on a Lion and Surrounded at the Top by three Buddhas, with Twenty-Nine Seated Buddhas on the Reverse
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- first half 6th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Northern Wei, 386-534
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204425
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gray limestone with traces of gesso and polychromy
- Dimensions
- H. 65 x W. 36 x D. 17 cm (25 9/16 x 14 3/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.53.38
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Exhibition History
- S425: East Asian Buddhist Sculpture, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008
Verification Level
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