Bodhisattva Manjusri (Wenshu Pusa) Seated Under a Canopy and Holding a Ruyi Scepter
534-550
Description
Buddhist figure seated under a canopy facing proper left. Low sandstone relief from cave 3 at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Dimensions
73 x 39 cm (28 3/4 x 15 3/8 in.) in its mount: 106 x 55.5 x 12.2 cm (41 3/4 x 21 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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