1943.53.17: Bodhisattva Manjusri Seated Under a Canopy

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.53.17

Title

Bodhisattva Manjusri Seated Under a Canopy

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

relief, sculpture

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

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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Pigments on Stone" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1982), Unpublished, pp. 1-16 passim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

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