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Collection Online as of April 23, 2024

Standing Buddha

Standing Buddha

676–935
(676-935)
bronze
Overall: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
Worcester R. Warner Collection 1918.500
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Created during the Unified Silla period, a high point of the spread of Buddhist teachings, this kind of miniature statue was often used as a portable object of devotion by traveling Buddhist monks.

Description

This kind of miniature statue was often used as a portable object of devotion by traveling Buddhist monks.
  • ?–1918
    Purchased by Langdon Warner [1881–1955] in Korea for the Worcester Warner Collection
    1918–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Soyoung, and Denise Patry Leidy. Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
    Nelson, Sarah. Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla. Routledge, 2019.
    Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 136-137, no. 96
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1918.500