The bodhisattva Maitreya

anonymous, 500 - 525

Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, will appear during the following world cycle and rule an earthly paradise as successor to the Buddha. At present he is still in his heaven, awaiting his descent to earth. This figure comes from Longmen, a complex of Buddhist temples carved from the living rock. The fine stylization of the drapery and the facial features are typical of sculpture from this site.

  • Artwork typefigure, sculpture, Maitreya
  • Object numberAK-MAK-71
  • Dimensionsheight 46 cm x width 37.5 cm x depth 8 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    The bodhisattva Maitreya

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-71

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Longmen

  • Dating

    500 - 525

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 46 cm x width 37.5 cm x depth 8 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of C.T. Loo, 1938)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; donated by the dealer C.T. Loo, Paris, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1938;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • Menno Fitski, 'Twee bodhisattva's en een windstreekhoeder', Aziatische Kunst 38 (2008), nr. 3, p. 79-86.

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  • The bodhisattva Maitreya
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