ID: 700008991 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008991	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Bodhisattva with Glass Bowl (banner; unknown Tang dynasty; ca. 9th century; British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United King...; 1919,0101,0.120 (Ch.0025))

Note: From Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. An extremely well preserved banner complete with triangular headpiece, streamers and weighting board. On the painted area is a bodhisattva, standing on a lotus, holding a glass beaker with a lotus blossom. With his face in rear three-quarter view, the bodhisattva inthis example assumes a dramatically swiveling posture to gazedown toward the bowl. Glass, a material exalted in medieval China for both its aesthetic qualities and rarity, was an important Silk Road commodity. Simultaneously a symbol of the triumph of the faith and a devotional adornment, the banner is a crucial component of Buddhist material culture. Countless Buddhist texts promote the hanging of banners, along with constructing stupas, sponsoring buddha images, almsgiving, and other acts that will accumulate merit (Chinese gongde; Sanskrit pun. ya) and lead to future happiness or auspicious rebirth.

Titles:

Bodhisattva with Glass Bowl (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

Painting / Banner / 繪畫 / 幡 (C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

持琉璃碗菩薩 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

banner (declaratory artifact) [300195679] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by function>, <declaratory and advertising artifacts>)

painting (visual work) [300033618]

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

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 9th century

Creator Display:

unknown Tang dynasty [preferred]

artists unknown Tang (Tang cultural designation) [500204343]

Locations:

Current: British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125180] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1919,0101,0.120 (Ch.0025)

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

Display Materials: Ink and pigments on silk, silk textiles and thread, wood

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

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

	silk (silkworm material) [300014072]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, fibroinous material)

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

Dimensions: 172.5 × 26.6 × .7 cm (67 15⁄16 × 10 1⁄2 × 1⁄4 in.)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Tang (Chinese culture, style, period) [300018420] (preferred,dynasty)
	.....(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)

Specific Subjects:

	bodhisattva [300264360]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

	bowl (vessel) [300203596]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers)) (AAT)

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material) (AAT)

	lotus (plant, general) [300375570]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division)) (AAT)

Provenance: Collected by: Sir Marc Aurel Stein; Acquisition date 1919

Related Works:

	former location was .... Mogao Cave 17 [700008877]
	..........rock-cut temple; N/A; begun 9th century

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

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

Sources and Contributors:
Bodhisattva with Glass Bowl	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 14
Painting / Banner / 繪畫 / 幡	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)
持琉璃碗菩薩	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

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

....................... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 14

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
	..... British Museum [online] (1999-)