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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Seated Sakyamuni Buddha

Seated Sakyamuni Buddha

500s–600s
Overall: 11.4 x 7.6 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 3 x 2 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This seated Buddhist deity is Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism.

Description

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. This particular Buddhist statue is very similar in style and size to the one in the collection of the National Museum of Korea. See it in the following link: https://www.museum.go.kr/site/main/relic/search/view?relicId=1926
  • 1987
    (Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1987–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 2 (February 1988): 30–71. Mentioned: p. 71, cat. no. 215; Reproduced: p. 43, cat. no. 215 www.jstor.org
  • The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
  • {{cite web|title=Seated Sakyamuni Buddha|url=false|author=|year=500s–600s|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.188