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Stele: Maitreya as the Future Buddha

300s–500s CE

China, Hebei, Six Dynasties period

(317-581), Northern Qi dynasty (550-577)
marble
Overall: 86.4 x 50.8 cm (34 x 20 in.)
Worcester R. Warner Collection 1917.320
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1917
    Purchased with funds from Worcester R. Warner [1846–1929] and Cornelia Blakemore Warner [1858–1947] by Langdon Warner [1881–1955], as agent of the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1917–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sizer, Theodore. “A Note on Two Pieces of Chinese Sculpture in the Worcester R. Warner Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 12, no. 2 (February 1925): 22–26. Mentioned: pp. 23–26; Reproduced: p. 22 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 819 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 250 archive.org
    Ho, Wai-Kam. “Three Seated Stone Buddhas.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 53, no. 4 (April 1966): 84–102. Reproduced: p. 95; Mentioned: p. 96a, fig. 31 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 250 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 330 archive.org
    Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. “New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland’s Recent Chinese Acquisitions.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (October 1994): 270–347. Mentioned: no. 33, p. 347 www.jstor.org
  • Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).
    The Tree of Life. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 7-March 8, 1955).
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