Mural Painting Section
C692.4
From: China | Shanxi | Hongtong | Guangshengsi
Curatorial Section: Asian
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Object Number
C692.4
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Chinese | Buddhist
Provenience
China | Shanxi | Hongtong | Guangshengsi
Period
Ming Dynasty
Date Made
ca. 1476
Section
Asian
Materials
Mud | Seeds | Straw | Leaves | Tempera
Technique
Painted | Mural
Iconography
Wenshu
Description
Head and torso of Wenshu with flaming disc in headdress. Part of a larger mural depicting the Buddha of Blazing Light, Tejaprabha.
Height
185.42 cm
Width
116.84 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1928
Other Number
Panel 22 - Other Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
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Steinhardt, Nancy S. "Zhu Haogu Reconsidered: A New Date for the Rom Painting and the Southern Shanxi Buddhist-Daoist Style." Artibus Asiae XLVIII, 1/2. (1987).
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Fernald, Helen E. "Another Fresco from Moon Hill Monastery ." The Museum Journal XIX, no. 2. (1928). See: pp. 109-129
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Yetts, Walter P. "Some Buddhist Frescoes from China." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 51, No. 294. (1927). See: pp. 121-128, Plate I, II
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Fernald, Helen E. "Chinese Frescoes of the T'ang Dynasty in the Museum, 618-906 A.D. ." The Museum Journal XVII, No. 3. (1926). See: pp. 229-244
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