LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2025
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2025
Collections

Unknown
Wooden Seated BodhisattvaJoseon dynasty (1392-1910), 18th century

On view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1
Gilt lacquer sculpture of a seated robed figure with downcast eyes, black cap with topknot, and worn gold surface, on a coral-red oval base
Gilded wooden Buddhist figure, close view of head and upper torso, with pale yellow-gold painted face, urna mark on forehead, downcast eyes, and dark lacquered hair with flowing side locks and a topknot; gold-painted robes visible below.
Gilt bronze seated figure viewed from the back, with a dark blue-black ushnisha topped by a small finial, draped robes with engraved fold lines, resting on a reddish base.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Wooden Seated Bodhisattva
Place Made
Korea
Date Made
Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), 18th century
Medium
Carved wood with lacquer and gilding
Dimensions
20 3/8 x 13 3/8 x 13 in. (51.7525 x 33.9725 x 33.02 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with Museum Funds
Accession Number
M.2000.15.134a-c
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Korean Art Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, U.S.A. Daejeon, Republic of Korea: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, 2012.
  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.
  • Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.