A bodhisattva

anonymous, 618 - 906

During the Tang dynasty the route to India attracted many travellers, including Chinese Buddhist monks on pilgrimages to the region where the Buddha had once preached. Near this route were the caves of Mount Tianlong (Tianlongshan), a site where richly decorated cave-temples were carved. Their statues reflect the influence of India, evident in this figure’s rounded forms and elegant pose, with slightly angled hips and shoulders.

  • Artwork typefigure, sculpture
  • Object numberAK-MAK-75
  • Dimensionsheight 95 cm x width 45 cm x depth 17 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    A bodhisattva

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-75

  • Description

    Bodhisattva uit de grottempels van Tianlongshan (grot No.14); hoofd, handen en voeten ontbreken; sporen van beschildering in rood.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Tianlongshan

  • Dating

    618 - 906

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 95 cm x width 45 cm x depth 17 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase C.T. Loo, Paris, 1933)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from C.T. Loo, Paris, fl. 4,370, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1933;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • J. Fontein, Rose Hempel, 'China, Korea, japan' in: Propyläen Kunstgeschichte Bd. 17, Berlin 1968, Abb. 110.
    • Melanie K. Weber, 'Conceptual Restoration 1 : A Bodhisattva torso from Tianlongshan', Aziatische Kunst 45 (2014) nr. 2, p. 2-11.
    • Situ in Tenryûzan Sekkutsku, 1922, afb.
    • Paramita Paul, 'Uit de grotten van de Hemelse Draak : Een Tianlongshan Bodhisattva in het Rijksmuseum', Aziatische Kunst 34/3 (2004), pp. 24-26.

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