Pilgrim Sudhana (Shancai tongzi), 明 彩繪木雕善財童子像（椴木胎）, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 15th–early 17th century, China, Wood (linden

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Pilgrim Sudhana (Shancai tongzi), 明 彩繪木雕善財童子像（椴木胎）, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 15th–early 17th century, China, Wood (linden) with pigment; single woodblock construction, H. 27 1/2 in. ( cm); W. 12 in. ( cm); D. 10 in. ( cm), Sculpture, Sculptures of a standing boy holding his hands in a reverent gesture often represent Sudhana, a young pilgrim who traveled throughout South and Southeast Asia to study with learned masters and celestial bodhisattvas in his quest for enlightenment

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