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Manjusri Bodhisattva of the Five Chignons
Manjusri Bodhisattva of the Five Chignons

Manjusri Bodhisattva of the Five Chignons

CultureChinese
Datelate 10th-early 11th century
MediumGilt bronze
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 × 4 × 4 inches (17.15 × 10.16 × 10.16 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF88-37/75 A,B
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 204
Collections
Provenance

Laurence Sickman;

Bequeathed by Laurence Sickman to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1988.

Published References

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 310 (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 337, fig. 166 (repro.).
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