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Standing Bodhisattva

CHINA; Eastern Wei dynasty (534–550), dated 536; Commissioned by Wen Sheng; Gilt bronze; H: 14.1 cm; Hamamatsu Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
The Bodhisattva is depicted standing on a semicircular pedestal incised with lotus petals and supported on top of a four-legged stand. Inscriptions on the stand date the statue to 536 of the Eastern Wei dynasty.
　 The figure is enclosed in a flame-shaped mandorla engraved with swirling, stylized flames. A lotus patterned nimbus is around the head of the slender figure. The Bodhisattva wears a broad-sleeved robe, the hem and skirt of which flare outward.

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