Seated Bodhisattva Târâ in her “Green Manifestation”, 15th century
Sculpture
, Figurine
Sino-Tibetan
, 15th century
Ming dynasty, Yongle period, 1403-1424
Creation Place:
China
Tibeto-Chinese Style; gilt bronze with an inscription reading "Da Ming Yonglenian shi"
H. 17.7 x W. 11.0 x D. 9.0 cm (6 15/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Hester C. Clapp and Susan C. Wolkoff in memory of their parents, Usher P. and Sylvia S. Coolidge
, 1992.289
Department of Asian Art
, Provenance
Ex-collection: Usher P. Coolidge
Hester C. Clapp and Susan C. Wolkoff (daughters of Usher P. and Sylvia S. Coolidge), gift to Harvard University Art Museums
Hester C. Clapp and Susan C. Wolkoff (daughters of Usher P. and Sylvia S. Coolidge), gift to Harvard University Art Museums
Bibliography
Sherman E. Lee and Wai-kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH, 1968), no. 16
"A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Spring 2000), vol. 7, no. 2, p. 10
"A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Spring 2000), vol. 7, no. 2, p. 10
Exhibition History
Reflections of the Buddha, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 09/09/2011 - 03/10/2012
A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000
Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 11/23/2008