Fig. 18. Bodhisattva
Hollow dry lacquer with original polychromy; height: 58 cm.
Nepalese style in China, early Yuan dynasty, late 13th century or around 1300.
Probably by a master disciple of the Aniko workshop such as Liu Yuan, famous for his statues in this technique produced for the
Yuan capital temples (Henss 2009, p.210 with further references).
M.S.Slusser, The Art of East Asian Lacquer Sculpture. Orientations, January 1996, p.24-27, fig. 15a, b.
Washington, Freer Gallery of Art.
Photo: after Orientations, January 1996 (cover ill.).