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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.289
Title
Seated Bodhisattva Târâ in her “Green Manifestation”
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, figurine
Date
15th century, Yongle period
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Sino-Tibetan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/200407

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Tibeto-Chinese Style; gilt bronze with an inscription reading "Da Ming Yonglenian shi"
Dimensions
H. 17.7 x W. 11.0 x D. 9.0 cm (6 15/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ex-collection: Usher P. Coolidge
Hester C. Clapp and Susan C. Wolkoff (daughters of Usher P. and Sylvia S. Coolidge), gift to Harvard University Art Museums

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Hester C. Clapp and Susan C. Wolkoff in memory of their parents, Usher P. and Sylvia S. Coolidge
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.289
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sherman E. Lee and Wai-kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH, 1968), cat. no. 16
  • James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), p. 10
  • Francesca Herndon-Consagra, Reflections of the Buddha, exh. cat., Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Louis, MO, 2011-2012), p. 8 (installation image); p. 10, fig. 1; p. 26 (installation image); p. 43, no. 15

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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