Attendant bodhisattva

Chinese

Ashmolean Museum

960 - 1279

Hollow standing figure covered with raised gesso decoration, painted and gilded. Hands, feet and headdress are missing. From the Shanxi Province, Northern China.

• Medium: gilt & polychrome wood
• Dimensions: 93 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £100000 ( Total: £150,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1999
• Vendor: Eskenazi

Provenance

Paul Houo-Ming Tse, 1930; European private collection.

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