Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1368-1644
Materials:soapstone, stone,
Technique:
Dimensions:Height: 11 centimetres Width: 4.50 centimetres Depth: 4.40 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Bodhidharma, holding pot in his left hand, his right arm missing. Made of soapstone or steatite.
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Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 288 “288. A Chinese Idoll wt. a pott 1.1.6.”
Materials:soapstone, stone,
Technique:
Dimensions:Height: 11 centimetres Width: 4.50 centimetres Depth: 4.40 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Bodhidharma, holding pot in his left hand, his right arm missing. Made of soapstone or steatite.
IMG
Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 288 “288. A Chinese Idoll wt. a pott 1.1.6.”
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