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Bodhisattva or royal donor figure: part of a Buddhist altar

Chinese

Artwork Details

Bodhisattva or royal donor figure: part of a Buddhist altar
618-907
Chinese
gilt bronze
2 3/8 in. x 1 3/16 in. x 5/8 in. ( 6.1 cm x 3 cm x 1.6 cm )
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.76

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Subject Matter:

A bodhisattva (a "wisdom being" in Mahayana Buddhism) or donor figure from a larger altarpiece.

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