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Shakyamuni Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha

Shakyamuni Buddha

CultureChinese
DateMing dynasty (1368-1644)
MediumHanging scroll; painting on silk
DimensionsOverall: 53 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches (135.89 x 72.39 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-260
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DescriptionBuddha in red and green robe; four small guardians around throne; two bodhisattvas seated on phoenix; Jataka scenes in halo.Exhibition History

Northwest Missouri State College, Maryville.  October 1974.

Provenance

Yung Ku Chai, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by March 30, 1934;

Purchased from Yung Ku Chai, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] Sickman's purchase record, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Files, box 1a, Art Invoices/Vouchers 1934.

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