Harvard Art Museums > 1924.161: Busts of Bodhisattvas (from Mogao Cave 321, Dunhuang, Gansu province) Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Busts of Bodhisattvas (from Mogao Cave 321, Dunhuang, Gansu province) , 1924.161,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/209836. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1924.161 Title Busts of Bodhisattvas (from Mogao Cave 321, Dunhuang, Gansu province) Classification Paintings Work Type mural painting Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province, Dunhuang Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/209836 Physical Descriptions Medium Fragment of a wall painting; pigments on gesso ground over plastered clay. From the north wall of Mogao Cave 321 at Dunhuang, Gansu province. Dimensions H. 35.3 x W. 63 cm (13 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History From Mogao Cave 321, Dunhuang, Gansu province; acquired during the First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-24) led by Langdon Warner (1881-1955) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-1924) Accession Year 1924 Object Number 1924.161 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions 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. Publication History Sanchita Balachandran, "Research into the Collecting and Conservation History of Chinese Wall Paintings from Dunhuang in the Harvard University Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2004), Unpublished, passim Sanchita Balachandran, Object Lessons: The Politics of Preservation and Museum Building in Western China in the Early Twentieth Century, International Journal of Cultural Property (2007), Vol. 14, No. 1, 1-32 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
