{"data": {"id": 156948, "accession_number": "1993.108", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Stele with Shakyamuni and Maitreya, c. 570s. China, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577). Marble with polychromy; overall: 119 cm (46 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1993.108", "current_location": "241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures", "title": "Stele with Shakyamuni and Maitreya", "creation_date": "c. 570s", "creation_date_earliest": 560, "creation_date_latest": 580, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["China, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577)"], "technique": "marble with polychromy", "support_materials": [], "department": "Chinese Art", "collection": "China - Northern Dynasties", "type": "Sculpture", "measurements": "Overall: 119 cm (46 7/8 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 1.19, "height_inch": 46, "height_inch_fraction": 0.875}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 311620, "title": "Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions", "description": "<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).", "opening_date": "1994-10-18T04:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "<em>Early Chinese Art from Tombs and Temples</em>. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England (June 8\u2013July 9,1993).", "opening_date": "1993-01-01T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [{"description": "(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "?\u20131993", "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1993\u2013", "sortorder": 2}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "Shakyamuni, or the historical Buddha, was a prince who gave up his earthly possessions for spiritual transcendence.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "In this stele, Shakyamuni (the historical Buddha) bears a benign smile in the hand gestures of fearlessness and gift giving. He is flanked by two bodhisattvas and two disciples-all standing against a mandorla (almond-shaped halo) adorned with a stupa and flying heavenly beings. On the reverse side, the Buddha sits in a pensive pose with his head tilted, mediating under twin sala trees. This position is reserved for Shakyamuni\u2019s first meditation or Maitreya\u2019s meditation. The joint appearance of Shakyamuni and Maitreya (the future Buddha) on two sides of a stele was a favorite scheme of the Northern Qi period.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60746839"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1993.108-stele-with-shakyamun"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "<em>Early Chinese Art from Tombs and Temples: [catalogue of exhibition held] 8 June-9 July 1993</em>. 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