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Standing Amitabha

금동아미타여래입상 (金銅阿彌陀如來立)

800s

Korea, Unified Silla period

(676-935)

Gilt bronze

Overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.); with tang: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1988.34

Location

236 Korean

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This Korean statue has a stylistic affinity with statues from the Indian Gupta period (300s–500s CE) that emphasize soft modeling and naturalism.

Description

Buddhist teachings emphasize the pursuit of spirituality, rather than physicality, to achieve enlightenment. This statue’s artist, however, made genuine efforts to represent the divine’s beautiful voluminous body. Inspired by Indian Gupta period art (300s–500s CE), this particular artistic style emphasizing soft modeling and naturalism was further developed in China and flourished across East Asia.

Provenance

?–1988

(Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

June 9, 1988–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Kang, U-bang. Hangung bulgyo jogang ui heureum [한국 불교 조각 의 흐름]. Soeul: Daewonsa, 1995.

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Michael R. Cunningham. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998. Reproduced: p. 231

Washizuka, Hiromitsu, Youngbok Park, U-bang Kang, and Naomi Noble Richard. Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan. New York: Japan Society, 2003. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 49, pp. 284–285

Korean art from the United States [미국, 한국 미술 을 만나다]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2012. Mentioned and Reproduced: ex. cat. no. 70, pp. 164–165

Lee, So-young, and Denise Patry Leidy. Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.

Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 248

Cho, Chi-yun, and Seunghye Yi. Semilgagwi : Hangungmisurui Pumgyeok [세밀가귀 : 한국미술의 품격] = Exquisite and precious: the splendor of Korean art. Seoul: Samsung Museum Leeum, 2015. Reproduced: 147, no. 71

Masterpieces of Early Buddhist Sculpture [고대불교조각대전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2015.

Gwak, Dong-seok. Hanguk ui geumdongbul [한국의 금동불] . Seoul: Dareun sesang, 2016.

Yi, Ji-kang. "A Study on the 'Gilt-Bronze Standing Buddha.' from the Bori-sa Temple Site, Uiryeong [의령 보리사지 금동여래입상 연구]." Korean Journal of Art History, no. 292 (December 2016): 5-27. www.dbpia.co.kr

Nelson, Sarah. Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla. Routledge, 2019.

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan. Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (April 7-June 22, 2003).

Korean Art from the United States. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (June 4-August 5, 2012).

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금동아미타여래입상 (金銅阿彌陀如來立)

Korea, Unified Silla period

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