ID: 700001972 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001972	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Manjushri (sculpture (visual works); Unknown Indonesian; 800/900 CE; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); AK-MAK-240; RM001.collect.1951)

Note: A young man sits on a lotus throne, his back against a stone slab decorated with flames and flowers. He is sitting perfectly straight, with his legs crossed. His youthful face, with its full lips and eyes half closed, is beautifully rendered. Although his arms have been lost, and with them his attributes, he is nevertheless recognisable as the Bodhisattva Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of wisdom, who is often depicted as a boy less than sixteen years old. One pointer to his youthfulness is the half-moon shaped ornament behind his head. This Buddhist figure was made in Central Java in the ninth century.

Titles:

Manjushri (preferred,C,U,D,RP,Dutch-P,U,U)

Bodhisattva Manjushri (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 800/900 CE

Creator Display:

Unknown Indonesian [preferred,VP]

anoniem [,VP]

unknown Indonesian (Indonesian cultural designation) [500203452]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Bugisan [7544625] Jawa Tengah (province), Indonesia (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: AK-MAK-240; RM001.collect.1951

Credit Line: Bruikleen van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst

Display Materials: andesite

	andesite [300011213]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, intermediate igneous rock)

Dimensions: 138 x 90 x 60 cm; 663 kilograms

Events:

exhibition: L'eredità di Giotto, 2008-06-12 - 2008-12-08

exhibition: Wie schrijft die blijft. Zij drukten hun stempel op de Zeeuwse geschiedenis, 2005-02-05 - 2005-06-04

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Manjushri [901000407]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	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)

	lotus (motif) [300165258]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, plant-derived motifs) (AAT)

	throne [300038141]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, seating furniture, single seating furniture, chairs (furniture forms), <chairs by function>, ceremonial chairs) (AAT)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: bruikleen 1972

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Manjushri	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)
Bodhisattva Manjushri	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-240?lang=en; accessed 13 September 2012

Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum]

....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

....................... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-240?lang=en; http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-240/manjushri; accessed 13 September 2012

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-240?lang=en; accessed 13 September 2012