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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.53.70
Title
Buddha Standing on a Circular Lotus Base, His Right Hand Raised in the Abhaya-mudra and His Left Hand Lowered in the Varada-mudra, Probably the Buddha Sakyamuni
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, figurine
Date
mid 7th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Three Kingdoms period, Silla, 57 BCE-668 CE
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204419

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
H. 17.6 x D. 5 cm (6 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop (1864-1943), 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
1943.53.70
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • W. Chie Ishibashi, "East Asian Buddhist Bronzes: A Comparative Analytical Study and a Preliminary Report" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 1977), Unpublished, passim

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