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Bejeweled Buddha Preaching

Bejeweled Buddha Preaching

1648
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cloth
Overall: 109.5 x 82.5 cm (43 1/8 x 32 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.69
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Nepalese devotional paintings on cloth are called "paubha" in the Newari language.
  • ?–1973
    (Wiener Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1973–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • "The Year in Review for 1973." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78. Mentioned: no. 199, p. 79; Reproduced: no. 199, p. 62 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 297 archive.org
    Huntington, John C., Dina Bangdel, and Robert A. F. Thurman. The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 146–149, cat. no. 30
    Béguin, Gilles. Buddhist Art: An Historical and Cultural Journey. Bangkok: River Books, 2009. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 253, fig. 6
  • Himalayan Gallery Rotation (gallery 239/237). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2, 2015–April 4, 2016).
    The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (October 5, 2003-January 11, 2004).
    Sacred India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986).
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