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title: Chinese Standing Bodhisattva
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9634/chinese-standing-bodhisattva/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Chinese Standing Bodhisattva

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Chinese Standing Bodhisattva](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9634.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9634.jpg)

## Image Caption

This standing bodhisattva made of Sandstone comes from Cave 14 from the renown temples of Tianlongshan in [China](https://www.worldhistory.org/china/)'s Shanxi province. The influence from Greco-[Roman art](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Art/) as well as South Asian art is palpable. It was made during the [Tang Dynasty](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tang_Dynasty/) around the year 700 CE. (Museum Rietberg, Zürich).

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2018, December 02). Chinese Standing Bodhisattva. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9634/chinese-standing-bodhisattva/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Chinese Standing Bodhisattva." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 02, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9634/chinese-standing-bodhisattva/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Chinese Standing Bodhisattva." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 Dec 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9634/chinese-standing-bodhisattva/>.

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