ID: 700008988 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008988	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Eight Men Ferrying a Statue of the Buddha (from Mogao Cave 323, Dunhuang, Gansu province) (mural painting (visual work); unknown Tang dynasty [618-907]; 7th century; Harvard Museums (Cambridge, Middlesex county, Massachusetts,...; 1924.41)

Titles:

Eight Men Ferrying a Statue of the Buddha (from Mogao Cave 323, Dunhuang, Gansu province) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Eight Men Ferrying a Statue of the Buddha; from Mogao Cave 323 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mural painting (visual work) [300033644] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by location or context>)

fragment (object portion) [300117130]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by general context>, object portions (components by general context))

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 7th century

Creator Display:

unknown Tang dynasty [618-907] [preferred]

artists unknown Tang (Tang cultural designation) [500204343]

Locations:

Current: Harvard Museums (Cambridge, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, United States) [500307202] Harvard University, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1924.41

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-1924); Accession Year 1924

Address Note: Level 2, Room 2740, Buddhist Art, The Efflorescence of East Asian and Buddhist Art

Other: Creation: Qianfodong [7029798] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: section of a wall painting; polychromy on unfired clay

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	polychromy [300247962]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

	unfired clay [300404797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: painting proper (irregular): H. 50.8 x W. 94 cm (20 x 37 in.); framed: H. 73.7 x W. 114.3 x D. 3.5 cm (29 x 45 x 1 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Tang (Chinese culture, style, period) [300018420] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

genre

Specific Subjects:

	men (male humans) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	Buddha (visual work) [300262950]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	ferrying [300404798]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, transporting) (AAT)

Copyright: © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Provenance: From Mogao Cave 329, Dunhuang, Gansu province; acquired during the First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-24) led by Langdon Warner (1881-1955) Exhibition History 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, 11/01/2014

Related Works:

	former location was .... Mogao Cave 323 [700008897]
	..........rock-cut temple; N/A; antechamber, corridor and the ...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Works at Mogao

Sources and Contributors:
Eight Men Ferrying a Statue of the Buddha (from Mogao Cave 323, Dunhuang, Gansu province)	........ [VP]
	........ Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-)
Eight Men Ferrying a Statue of the Buddha; from Mogao Cave 323	........ [VP]
	........ Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]