The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

A Preaching Buddha

700s

Japan, Nara period

(710–94)
bronze with traces of gilt
Overall: 24 x 13.6 cm (9 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1985.87
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1985
    (Marion Hammer, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1985–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71. Mentioned: no. 211, p. 71; Reproduced: no. 211, p. 40 www.jstor.org
  • The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).
  • {{cite web|title=A Preaching Buddha|url=false|author=|year=700s|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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