The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Puxian (Samantabhadra, Bodhisattva of Universal Benevolence)

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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Puxian (Samantabhadra, Bodhisattva of Universal Benevolence)

Period:: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date:: late 17th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Porcelain with clear glaze (Dehua ware or "blanc de chine," Fujian Province)
Dimensions:: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. at base 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); D. at base 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Purchase by subscription, 1879
Accession Number:: 79.2.479

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