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| Keywords: Chinese - Lion Pedestal with Attendant - Walters 49221.jpg 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 green and yellow glazed pedestal may have originally held a statue of Mañjusri and have flanked an image of the Buddha century 16 earthenware with lead glaze cm 60 9 accession number 49 221 3824 Yamanaka Co Sale American Art Association New York 1912 no 185 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin China Walters Art Museum license Chinese ceramics in the Walters Art Museum Chinese lions Buddhist statues from China Chinese earthenware Ceramics of the Ming Dynasty | ||||
