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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1924.67.2
Title
Fragment of Wall Painting Representing a Seated Buddha with Right Hand in a Preaching Gesture, the "abhaya-mudra"
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
mural painting
Date
Tangut Xia period, c. 982-1227
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu)
Culture
Central Asian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209795

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychromy on gesso ground
Dimensions
H. 41.8 x W. 41.8 cm (16 7/16 x 16 7/16 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
1924.67.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robert N. Linrothe, "New Delhi and New England: Old Collections of Tangut Art", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, April 1996), vol. 27, no. 4, p. 39, fig. 20

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