The Bodhisattva Padmapani
anonymous
c. 1300 - c. 1400
Medium
bronze, precious and semiprecious stones
Dimensions
5.4; 8.8; 29.2
About this artwork
…; purchased from the dealer Jaap Polak, Amsterdam, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, by the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1978;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1978
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...