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On display at V&A South Kensington
China, Room 44, The T.T. Tsui Gallery

Bodhidharma

Figure of Bodhidharma
1760-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Nephrite jade figure of Damo, Bodhidharma, with a straw hat on his shoulders and holding a lotus.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBodhidharma (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Nephrite jade, carved
Brief description
carved nephrite jade, China, Qing dynasty, 1760-1800
Physical description
Nephrite jade figure of Damo, Bodhidharma, with a straw hat on his shoulders and holding a lotus.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.2cm
Style
Gallery label
  • Figure of Damo Qing dynasty 1760-1800 Damo (Sanskrit: Bodhidharma) is here depicted as a traveller, with a straw hat on his shoulders. He holds a lotus, symbol of purity in Buddhism. Carved nephrite jade Wells Bequest Museum no. 1565-1882(2009)
  • STATUETTE, jade. CHINESE, Ch'ing Dynasty, second half of the eighteenth century or later. Wells Bequest. 1565-1882(pre 2005)
Credit line
Wells Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Arthur Wells, accessioned in 1882. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Wilson, Ming. Chinese Jades. London: V&A Publications, 2004. p. 77, no. 83.
Other number
68179 - Negative number
Collection
Accession number
1565-1882

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Record createdMarch 15, 2005
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