Hand of Bodhisattva with Conch
Artist
Thai
Date1300–1400s
Mediumbronze
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift from Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton
Object number2010.244
DescriptionCast in bronze and displaying a dark green patina, a conch shell with etched details is held delicately in the left hand. Long slender fingers with finely detailed nails hold the shell upright. There is a bracelet on the wrist featuring a raised relief pattern of rope-like, twisting lines and round spirals. The object ends at the wrist.On View
Not on view
Michel Witz the Younger
1530s
Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530
workshops of Wolf and Peter von Speyer
about 1590–1600
