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C355.2

Location: On Display in the Asia Galleries

From: China | Henan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number	C355.2
Current Location	Asia Galleries - On Display
Culture	Chinese \| Buddhist
Provenience	China \| Henan
Period	Eastern Wei Dynasty \| Tianping
Date Made	536 CE
Section	Asian
Materials	Bronze \| Gilt
Technique	Gilded
Iconography	Maitreya
Inscription Language	Chinese Language
Description	A fiery aureole, mandorla, or back plate with a lotus halo which attaches to the back of the gilt-bronze statuette of Maitreya. The item was once in the collection of the late Qing statesman Duanfang 端方.
Height	40 cm
Width	23.5 cm
Credit Line	Purchased from C. T. Loo; Subscription of James B. Ford, 1918
Other Number	S.L. 2914.3 (MET) - Old Loan Number \| C355 - Other Number

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02 Apr 2022 - Present	Asia Gallery
21 Oct 2012 - 01 Apr 2022	Buddhist Asia

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Juliano, Annette L. Art of the Six Dynasties: Centuries of Change and Innovation. New York: China House Gallery, 1975.	View related objects
Asia House Gallery. Masterpieces of Asian Art in American Collections II: An Offering of Treasures Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Asia House Gallery.. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1970.	View related objects
Yang, Chia-lo. I-shu ts'ung-pien. 23. See: last plate.	View related objects
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Jayne, Horace H. "Chinese Art at the University Museum." Parnassus 11, no. 1. (01 Jan 1939). Page/Fig./Plate: 7-11	View related objects
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Chinese bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B.C.) through the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906) : an exhibition lent by American collectors and museums and shown in gallery D6 from October 19 through November 27.. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1938. See: No. 266	View related objects
Jayne, Horace H. "The Museum's Loan to Burlington House ( for International Exhibition of Chinese Art held in London 1935-36)." The University Museum Bulletin 6, no. 1. (1935): 17-21. Page/Fig./Plate: 17-21, pl.6	View related objects
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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. 40, Plate 158	View related objects
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Smith, Adam D. "Shining a Spotlight on a Sixth-Century Bronze Maitreya." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 64, no. 1. (2022): 14-21. See:	View related objects

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