Bodhisattva
700s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Bodhisattva, 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Dry lacquer; overall: 44 x 37 cm (17 5/16 x 14 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Given in memory of Howard Parmelee Eells, Jr. by his wife, Adele Chisholm Eells 1983.86 While lacquer is tough and impervious to insects, it is less durable than wooden or stone sculptures, so this is a rare surviving Tang example.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- dry lacquer
- Dimensions
- Overall: 44 x 37 cm (17 5/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1983.86
- Credit Line
- Given in memory of Howard Parmelee Eells, Jr. by his wife, Adele Chisholm Eells
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1983, The Twain Shall Meet, Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>The Arts of the Sung Dynasty</em>. Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, England (June 16–July 23, 1960)., <em>The Mount Trust Collection of Chinese Art</em>. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England (January-March 1970).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
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