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The scroll held in the bodhisattva’s left hand identifies the figure as Manjushri, the personification of spiritual wisdom, who is generally shown holding such a text in the form of either a Chinese-style handscroll or an Indian-style palm-leaf manuscript.
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北宋 彩繪木雕文殊菩薩像（地黃木胎）
Title: Bodhisattva Manjushri (Wenshu)
Period: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)
Date: late 10th–early 12th century
Culture: China
Medium: Wood (foxglove) with traces of pigment; single woodblock construction
Dimensions: H. 43 in. (109.2 cm); W. 23 in. (58.4 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1942
Accession Number: 42.25.5
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