Lion Pedestal with Attendant

16th century

67 cm 61 cm 38 cm

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Mahayana or "Great Vehicle" Buddhists believe that the historical Buddha Sakyamuni preached the texts called Mahayana sutras, but that these texts were hidden away for several centuries. The Bodhisattva Mañjusri, riding a lion, came to listen to one of these sutras. This gre...

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Yamanaka & Co. Sale, American Art Association, New York, 1912, no 185; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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