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Kneeling Winged Monster

550-577

China, Hebei province, northern Xiangtangshan caves, North cave, Northern Qi dynasty

(550-577)

Limestone

Overall: 75 x 63.6 cm (29 1/2 x 25 1/16 in.)

The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1957.360

Location

241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures

Description

This kneeling monster from the cave-temple complex at Xiangtangshan was originally placed below some wall niches on the perimeter. With its grotesque face and body, it is among the most imaginative sculptures of the period.

Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 817 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
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
Exhibition history

CMA 1975: "Traditions and Revisions," cat. 99

Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago (9/30/2010 - 1/16/2011); Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (organizer) (2/26/2011 - 7/31/2011); Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University (9/10/2011 - 1/1/2012); and the San Diego Museum of Art (1/28/2012 - 4/8/2012): "Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples at Xiangtangshan", ex. cat. no. 9, p. 176-177.

Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples at Xiangtangshan. The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (September 30, 2010-January 16, 2011); Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC (organizer) (February 26-July 31, 2011); Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (September 10, 2011-January 8, 2012); San Diego Museum of Art (February 18-July 22, 2012).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1957.360