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accession number:	1915.334.1
share license status:	CC0
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Seated Amitayus Buddha, c. 570s. China, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577). Marble; overall: 110 x 66.1 cm (43 5/16 x 26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection 1915.334.1

title:				Seated Amitayus Buddha
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creation date:			c. 570s
creation date earliest:		550
creation date latest:		590
current location:		241B Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Worcester R. Warner Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Northern Qi dynasty (550-577)
technique:	marble
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Southern Dynasties
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 110 x 66.1 cm (43 5/16 x 26 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Inaugural Exhibition
	opening date:   1916-06-06T05:00:00
	<i>Inaugural Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Life, is seated in meditation on a double lotus pedestal. The pedestal was not made with the statue but the combination is faithful to the original artistic conception. The statue is an extremely rare example of a major type of Northern Qi Buddhist sculpture. The heavy, massive front highlights the sense of monumentality and the spiritual essence of the Buddha. The pedestal exhibits the rich, ornate style of early Tang sculpture. It was commissioned by the Duke of Liang, Fang Xuanling (578–648), for the blessing of his second son and daughter-in-law, the Tang imperial princess of Gaoyang. The iconography and inscription suggest that it originally went with a statue, now missing, of Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: 50
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n52

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 63
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n67

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