The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Plaque with the Image of Amitabha Triad
676–935
(676-935)
Overall: 11.5 x 11 cm (4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Location: not on view
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The plate was created by hammering softly from the back of the metal sheet. This technique is called repoussé.Description
This plate is embossed with an image of the Amitabha Buddha flanked by two attendants. Amitabha is believed to dwell in the Western Paradise where repentant souls are reborn in a lotus pond. Here, this savior deity is sitting in a lotus pedestal.- August 19, 1987Cleveland Museum of ArtJohn Eskenazi (sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, August 19, 1987)
- Nelson, Sarah. Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla. Routledge, 2019.Lee, So-young, and Denise Patry Leidy. Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 36 no. 09, November 1996 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 9 archive.org
- The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.59