Sculpture & Statuary · TT803

Religious Images

Buddhist and Daoist images in gilt bronze, stone, wood or porcelain

12treasures

3dynasties

9institutions

Northern and Southern

4 treasures

420–589

Northern Wei dynasty · Religious ImagesNine-storey Thousand Buddha Stone Pagoda of Cao Tiandu, First Year of Tian'anA Northern Wei pagoda of a thousand BuddhasNational Museum of HistoryTE10648Northern Wei dynasty · Religious ImagesGilt Bronze Seated Sakyamuni Buddha, First Year of TaiheA golden Buddha of the year 477National Palace MuseumTE10655Northern Wei dynasty · Pictorial Stones & BricksEmperor Xiaowen and His Entourage Worshipping the BuddhaAn imperial procession that left LongmenMetropolitan Museum of ArtTE10656Northern Wei dynasty · Pictorial Stones & BricksOffering Procession of the Empress as Donor with Her CourtAn empress's procession rebuilt from fragmentsNelson-Atkins Museum of ArtTE10657

Tang

4 treasures

618–907

Tang dynasty · Censers & Other MetalworkBronze Pagoda from Famen TempleA bronze stupa that held the Buddha's relicFamen Temple MuseumTE10099Tang, 7th year of Kaiyuan (719) · Religious ImagesStone Statue of the Daoist Deity Changyang TaizunA Daoist deity from a High Tang templeShanxi Art MuseumTE10650Tang (Wu Zhou), 2nd year of Tianshou (691) · Religious ImagesStele with Scenes of the Buddha's ParinirvanaThe Buddha's parinirvana told in stoneShanxi Art MuseumTE10652Tang dynasty · Religious ImagesGilt Silver Monk's Staff with Twelve RingsThe gilded staff that welcomed the Buddha's relicFamen Temple MuseumTE10654

Song

4 treasures

960–1279

Northern Song dynasty · Bamboo & Wood CarvingPearl Relic PillarA Song reliquary set with forty thousand pearlsSuzhou MuseumTE10617Liao or Jin dynasty · Religious ImagesGuanyin of the Southern SeaGuanyin at ease above the Southern SeaNelson-Atkins Museum of ArtTE10649Liao dynasty · Religious ImagesSeated Luohan from Yixian (British Museum)The gaze of a Yixian luohanBritish MuseumTE10651Dali Kingdom · Religious ImagesGold Acuoye Guanyin with Silver MandorlaThe golden lucky star of YunnanYunnan Provincial MuseumTE10653