Sakyamuni Votive Stele Maker: Unknown

12th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Micaceous white marble of Hebei with polychrome

Dimensions

60 × 26 in., 540 lb. (152.4 × 66.04 cm, 244.94 kg)

Credit Line

Gift of Winston F. C. Guest, B.A. 1927

Accession Number

1955.57.1

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Jin dynasty (1115–1234)

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Yamanaka, Kyoto, 1907; the Reverend Theodore Pitcairn, Philadelphia; Winston Frederick Churchill Guest, (1906–1982) New York; gift in 1955 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1970), 204, no. 411, ill.
  • Jan Kleijkamp, Ellis Monroe, and Alfred Salmony, Chinese Sculpture, exh. cat. (New York: Morrill Press, 1944), no. 52–53, pls. 25–26.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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