534-550
Standing figure of a Bodhisattva facing proper right with hands raised together in a gesture of adoration. Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (west wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
H. 94.4 x W. 38.8 cm (H. 37 3/16 x W. 15 1/4 in.) in its mount: 106.7 x 46.5 x 11.3 cm (42 x 18 5/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseStone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th-7th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, brownish gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseWhite marble with polychromy and traces of gilding
6th centuryChineseLimestone with traces of gilding and polychrome pigment
6th-7th centuryChinese