Standing Bodhisattva
CultureChinese
DateSouthern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
MediumDry lacquer, pigments, and traces of gold leaf
DimensionsOverall: 23 3/4 × 8 × 5 3/4 inches (60.33 × 20.32 × 14.61 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-559
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DescriptionThe object is a polychrome, hollow, dry lacquer figure of a Bodhisattva. The textile support material can be seen on the interior surfaces. The robe is painted red and green, the hands are gilt, and the face and hair are black.ProvenancePeiping (modern-day Beijing) art market, by June 8, 1933 [1];
Purchased on the Peiping art market, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] See letter from Laurence Sickman to Langdon Warner, June 8, 1933, Harvard University Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, HUG 4872.1010, box 12, folder 19, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial file.
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