Seated Bodhisattva, Chinese

An image of Sculpture/figure. Seated Bodhisattva. Unknown sculptor, China. Lifesize polychrome wooden sculpture of a Bodhisattva seated in the position known as "royal ease". Several wooden elements are missing including the proper right hand and forearm, the proper right foot, the forepart of the proper left foot, the forepart of the proper left first finger and the front edge of the lower garment (centre to proper right). The sculpture has been decorated with several successive campaigns of polychromy (paint and gilding), now very fragmentary and abraded. The eyes are inlaid with polished glass or stones. Carved and filled wood contructed from several jointed elements (some possibly repairs); the eyes inlaid with polished cabochons, either glass or gemstones. Painted (over ground layers) in several campaigns of polychromy, at least one including gilding. 1200-1279. 13th century. Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279).

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Sculpture/figure. Seated Bodhisattva. Unknown sculptor, China. Lifesize polychrome wooden sculpture of a Bodhisattva seated in the position known as "royal ease". Several wooden elements are missing including the proper right hand and forearm, the proper right foot, the forepart of the proper left foot, the forepart of the proper left first finger and the front edge of the lower garment (centre to proper right). The sculpture has been decorated with several successive campaigns of polychromy (paint and gilding), now very fragmentary and abraded. The eyes are inlaid with polished glass or stones. Carved and filled wood contructed from several jointed elements (some possibly repairs); the eyes inlaid with polished cabochons, either glass or gemstones. Painted (over ground layers) in several campaigns of polychromy, at least one including gilding. 1200-1279. 13th century. Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279).

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Accession Number: O.13-1930
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 85
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 684 pixels
Processed with: Ver.1.01
Filesize: 162.03kB
Exposure time: 20/1
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:05:15 12:12:31

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13th Century bodhisattva Buddhism Buddhist carved Chinese figure Fitz_AA polychrome religion religious sculpture seated sitting Song Dynasty wood wooden

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