ID: 700008853 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008853	Record Type: Movable Work
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Buddha in Abhaya-mudra Seated on a Lion Throne (sculpture (visual works); stub record; dated 484; Six Dynasties perio...; Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, Worcester county, Massachuse...; 1943.53.59)

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Titles:

Buddha in Abhaya-mudra Seated on a Lion Throne (preferred,C,O,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

figurine [300047455]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: dated 484; Six Dynasties period, Northern Wei dynasty, 386-534

Creator Display:

stub record [preferred,VP]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, Worcester county, Massachusetts, United States) [500372593] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1943.53.59

Credit Line: Level 1, Room 1610, Buddhist Sculpture, Buddhism and Early East Asian Buddhist Art

Display Materials: gilt bronze

	gilding (technique) [300053789]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, metallizing)

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: H. 37.0 x W. 16.0 x D. 11.5 cm (14 9/16 x 6 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Northern Wei (culture, style, and period) [300018409] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Northern Dynasties, Wei)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Buddha [901000851]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	abhaya mudra [300386135]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), multidisciplinary concepts, body position, gesture, mudra) (AAT)

	lion throne [300404744]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, seating furniture, single seating furniture, chairs (furniture forms), <chairs by function>, ceremonial chairs, thrones) (AAT)

	Seated Buddha [901001328]
	.....((Buddhist allegory, symbolism, theme, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: Accession Year 1943 Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Exhibition History Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 11/23/2008 32Q: 1610 Buddhist Art I, Harvard Art Museums, 11/01/2014

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Buddha in Abhaya-mudra Seated on a Lion Throne	........ [VP]
	........ Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]