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Buddha Shakyamuni with attendant bodhisattvas, Southern Song (1127–1279)–Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty, 12th–14th century, China, Mammoth ivory, H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm), Sculpture, This extraordinary group is a rare example of Buddhist sculpture made in China using mammoth ivory as opposed to elephant ivory. Based on a text known as the Flower Garland Sutra, it depicts the founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni, seated on a mythical animal known as a qilin and attended by the bodhisattvas Samantabhadhra (Chinese: Puxian) on an elephant and Manjushri (Chinese: Wenshu) on a lion.

Buddha Shakyamuni with attendant bodhisattvas, Southern Song (1127–1279)–Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty, 12th–14th century, China, Mammoth ivory, H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm), Sculpture, This extraordinary group is a rare example of Buddhist sculpture made in China using mammoth ivory as opposed to elephant ivory. Based on a text known as the Flower Garland Sutra, it depicts the founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni, seated on a mythical animal known as a qilin and attended by the bodhisattvas Samantabhadhra (Chinese: Puxian) on an elephant and Manjushri (Chinese: Wenshu) on a lion.
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Caption: Buddha Shakyamuni with attendant bodhisattvas, Southern Song (1127–1279)–Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty, 12th–14th century, China, Mammoth ivory, H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm), Sculpture, This extraordinary group is a rare example of Buddhist sculpture made in China using mammoth ivory as opposed to elephant ivory. Based on a text known as the Flower Garland Sutra, it depicts the founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni, seated on a mythical animal known as a qilin and attended by the bodhisattvas Samantabhadhra (Chinese: Puxian) on an elephant and Manjushri (Chinese: Wenshu) on a lion
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Image size: 5200 × 3901 px | 58.0 MB
Print size: 44.0 × 33.0 cm | 2047.2 × 1535.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1127–1279 • 1271–1368 • 12TH–14TH CENTURY • 23.5 CM • 9 1/4 • ANIMAL: LION • ANIMAL: MAMMOTH • ATTENDANT BODHISATTVAS • ATTENDED • BASED • BODHISATTVAS SAMANTABHADHRA • BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI • BUDDHISM • BUDDHISM, BHUTANESE • BUDDHIST SCULPTURE • BUDDHIST • CHINA USING • CHINA • CHINE • CHINESE • CULT, BUDDHIST • DEPICTS • DYNASTY • ELEFANT • ELEPHANT • ELEPHANTS • EXTRAORDINARY • FLOWER GARLAND • FOUNDER • GROUP • H • H. • IVORY • LEO • LEON • LION • LIONS • MAMMOTH IVORY • MAMMOTH • MAMMOTH, ANIMAL • MANJUSHRI • MYTHICAL ANIMAL • OPPOSED • PORCELAIN • PUXIAN • QILIN • RARE EXAMPLE • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SCULPTURES • SCULTURE • SCUPTURE • SEATED • SHAKYAMUNI • SIT DOWN • SIT • SITS • SITTING • SOUTHERN SONG • SUTRA • TEXT • WENSHU • YUAN