Attendant Bodhisattva, Five Dynasties (907–60) or Liao dynasty (907–1125), 10th–11th century, China, Wood (willow) with gesso and pigment; single woodblock construction, H. 59 in. (149.9 cm), Sculpture, This sculpture of an attendant bodhisattva was most likely part of a colossal triptych showing a Buddha flanked by two such figures. It is made of willow, a material that was often used in the north for the construction of Buddhist sculpture, and was once brightly painted
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Attendant Bodhisattva, Five Dynasties, 907–60, Liao dynasty, 907–1125, 10th–11th century, China, Wood, willow, gesso, pigment, single woodblock construction, H, 59, 149.9 cm, Sculpture, sculpture, attendant bodhisattva, part, colossal triptych, showing, Buddha flanked, two, figures, material, north, construction, Buddhist sculpture, brightly painted
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