1924.56: Lower Half of a Standing Bodhisattva
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1924.56
- Title
- Lower Half of a Standing Bodhisattva
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 7th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province
- Period
- Sui (581-618) to Tang (618-907) dynasty
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/209168
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Light gray stone, probably sandstone, with traces of pigment. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
- Dimensions
- H. 69 x W. 32.7 x D. 23 cm (27 3/16 x 12 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-1924)
- Accession Year
- 1924
- Object Number
- 1924.56
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Langdon Warner, "Chinese Expedition 1923-24", Fogg Art Museum Notes, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, Mass., April 1925), vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 2-18, p. 11, fig. 10
Verification Level
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