Limestone Carving of Buddha and Two Bodhisattvas on a Lotus Pedestal

Unidentified Tang Dynasty maker, Chinese, 618 - 906

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500-1000

Limestone

Overall: 8 11/16 × 6 11/16 × 3 1/8 in. (22 × 17 × 8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch

47.10.10773

Geography

Place Made: Xi'an, China, East Asia, Asia

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Course History

WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019

WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019

Religion 41.07/Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 51.06, Buddhism Sex Gender Southeast Asia, Mary Kate Long, Winter 2024

Provenance

Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch (1874-1959), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1947.

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