Period:Tang dynasty Production date:8thC
Materials:bronze, gold,
Technique:gilded, cast,
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 18.50 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Padmapāṇi, crowned and ornamented, standing with swirling scarves and sensitively modelled torso. Made of gilded cast bronze.
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![图片[1]-figure BM-1970-1104.2-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00331973_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-figure BM-1970-1104.2-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Tang dynasty/Bronzes/mid_RRC14744.jpg)
Comments:Zwalf 1985Central Asian and Indian Gupta styles continued to influence Chinese Buddhist art into the Tang, and against the secure and prosperous climate of the 7th and early 8th centuries regional and metropolitan Buddhist styles began to converge. The swirling scarves and sensitively modelled torso of this bronze can be matched with Bodhisattva images seen in the paintings (murals and banners) and sculpture of Dunhuang and Bingling si, both in Gansu province. Metropolitan versions in stone survive at several major sites; amongst those which best reflect ‘high Tang’ styles are stone images at Tianlong shan, Shanxi province, and in the environs of Xi’an (the Tang capital Chang’an), Shaanxi province. Rawson 1992:This small gitl bronze is an intimate image, either from a household altar or possible made for dedication by an individual to a shrine.
Materials:bronze, gold,
Technique:gilded, cast,
Subjects:bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 18.50 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Padmapāṇi, crowned and ornamented, standing with swirling scarves and sensitively modelled torso. Made of gilded cast bronze.
IMG
Comments:Zwalf 1985Central Asian and Indian Gupta styles continued to influence Chinese Buddhist art into the Tang, and against the secure and prosperous climate of the 7th and early 8th centuries regional and metropolitan Buddhist styles began to converge. The swirling scarves and sensitively modelled torso of this bronze can be matched with Bodhisattva images seen in the paintings (murals and banners) and sculpture of Dunhuang and Bingling si, both in Gansu province. Metropolitan versions in stone survive at several major sites; amongst those which best reflect ‘high Tang’ styles are stone images at Tianlong shan, Shanxi province, and in the environs of Xi’an (the Tang capital Chang’an), Shaanxi province. Rawson 1992:This small gitl bronze is an intimate image, either from a household altar or possible made for dedication by an individual to a shrine.
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