| Object Number |
C446B |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Chinese | Buddhist |
| Provenience |
China |
| Period |
Ming Dynasty | Wanli |
| Date Made |
1572 - 1620 CE |
| Section |
Asian |
| Materials |
Limestone |
| Technique |
Carved | Low Relief |
| Iconography |
Monks | Lion | Lotus | Incense Burner | Pearl Spirit King | Tree Spirit King | Mountain Spirit King | Wind Spirit King | Elephant Spirit King | Bird Spirit King |
| Description |
Carved stone stela base. The oblong quadrilateral four-footed base has low relief carvings of lions with incense burners, seated monks and lotus on the sides and a band of lotus medallions on the top. The sides feature various Spirit Kings, three on each side. |
| Height |
20 cm |
| Width |
33 cm |
| Thickness |
26.5 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Worch of Paris, 1925 |
| Other Number |
Getz 17 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Bunker, Emma C. "The Spirit Kings in Sixth Century Chinese Buddhist Sculpture." Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America 18. (1964): 26-37. See: pg. 28, fig. 6-7 |
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| Jayne, Horace H. "The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects." The University Museum Bulletin 9, no. 2-3. (1941): 9-50. See: p. 60 |
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| Siren, Osvald. Chinese sculpture from the fifth to the fourteenth century; over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China. London: E. Benn, Ltd., 1925. See: pg. 78-79, Plate 288A,B |
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| Siren, Osvald. "Quelques observations sur les imitations des anciennes sculptures chinoises." Artibus Asiae 1, no. 1. (1925). See: p. 68-69 |
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| Getz, John. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1916. Page/Fig./Plate: 183, no.17 |
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| Jayne, Horace F. "Appendix II." The University Museum Bulletin IX, no. 2-3. (1941): 58-62. See: p. 60 |
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