Torso of a Standing Bodhisattva
CultureChinese
Datelate 6th century C.E.
MediumWhite marble
DimensionsOverall: 15 × 8 × 4 inches (38.1 × 20.32 × 10.16 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number40-30
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionTorso of a standing figure with head hands and feet missing. Clinging draperies with concentric arrangement of the folds, carved in low relief.Provenance
Reportedly excavated from Dingzhou, Hebei Province, China
Dr. Otto Burchard;
Purchased from Dr. Otto Burchard by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1940.
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Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavaliere d'Arpino
1608/1609
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