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Collection Online as of February 8, 2023

Seated Shaka

c. 900

Japan, Heian period

(794–1185)

Wood with lacquer and traces of color

Overall: 57.2 x 46.4 x 38.1 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 15 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1986.7

Location

not on view

Description

This image of the historical Buddha is carved from one piece of wood. The distinctive pattern of thick, raised garment folds is characteristic of 9th- and 10th-century Buddhist sculpture in Japan.

Provenance
Ito Shobei
Nakamura Shoichiro, Sakai, Japan
?–1986
(Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1986–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 74, no. 2, 1987, pp. 38–79. Reproduced: fig. 227, p. 50; Mentioned: p. 79 www.jstor.org
“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 1987.” Archives of Asian Art 41 (1988): 95–110. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 98, fig. 9 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.7