Reverent Monk
Former TitleBuddhist Bodhisattva Figure
CultureChinese
Dateca. 570 C.E.
MediumBuff-gray, coarse sandstone
DimensionsOverall: 47 1/4 × 23 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (120.02 × 59.69 × 8.89 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-587
On View
On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionStanding male figure in bas-relief, darkened sandstone. Right hand is raised, palm open, with ends of drapery folded over the left arm, slightly raised. The lower part of the figure is restored.ProvenanceTianlongshan, Shanxi province, China
Dr. Otto Burchard;
Purchased from Dr. Otto Burchard by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
Hugo Munsterberg, Sculpture of the Orient (New York: 1972), 76 (repro.).
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early 6th century C.E.
51-27
