Bodhisattva

anonymous, 1800 - 1900

Presented here is a bodhisattva: a being that has attained enlightenment, but compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to remain with humankind, helping those in need. The figure is depicted in bright, vividly contrasting colours. The painting served as a banner in open-air ceremonies, therefore the image had to be instantly visible even from considerable distances

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1300
  • Dimensionsheight 126.5 cm x width 74 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Bodhisattva

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1300

  • Description

    Schildering in inkt en blauwe, groene en rode mineraalpigmenten op papier, met een afbeedling van een staande bodhsattva, de handen in Añjali Mudrā, een handgebaar van begroeting en verering.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Korea

  • Dating

    1800 - 1900

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 126.5 cm x width 74 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Ada Helena Hondius-Crone, 1978)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; purchased from the dealer Jan Kleykamp, Amsterdam, by Ada Helena Hondius-Crone (1983-1996), October 1924;{Note RMA.} by whom donated to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1978;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1978

Documentation

    • A.H. Hondius-Crone, 'Ontmoetingen', Mededelingenblad Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst 9/2 (1979), p. 7.
    • H.F.E. Visser, Asiatic art in private collections of Holland and Belgium, Amsterdam 1948, nr. 269, pl. 149.
    • J. Fontein, R. Hempel, China, Korea, Japan, in Propyläen Kunstgeschichte Band 17, Berlin 1968, p. 231, afb. 244.

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