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Likely part of a large assemblage. The perforated tenon on its back suggests the attachment of a now missing halo. The tang under the figure’s pedestal would have served to attach it to an altarpiece or the figure’s lion mount.
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唐 鎏金青銅文殊普薩坐像
Title: Seated bodhisattva, probably Manjushri (Wenshu)
Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date: 8th–9th century
Culture: China
Medium: Gilt bronze
Dimensions: H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); D. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985
Object Number: 1985.214.142
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