id:			98823
accession number:	1918.501
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.501
updated:		2019-04-18 08:21:58.885000

Amitabha Triad, 1400s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Bronze with traces of gilding; overall: 40.6 x 16.5 x 54.6 cm (16 x 6 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection 1918.501

title:				Amitabha Triad
title in original language:	금동아미타여래삼존좌상 (金銅阿彌陀如來三尊坐像)
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
current location:		236 Korean
creditline:			Worcester R. Warner Collection
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culture:	Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
technique:	bronze with traces of gilding
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 40.6 x 16.5 x 54.6 cm (16 x 6 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Korean Art in Early Chosön, 1400-1600
	opening date:   2009-03-17T00:00:00
	<i>Korean Art in Early Chosön, 1400-1600</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 17-June 21, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (3/17/2009 - 6/21/2009):  "Korean Art in Early Choson, 1400-1600"

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PROVENANCE

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This rare bronze triad from the 1400s shows Amitabha (아미타불 in Korean), or the Buddha of the Western Paradise, seated on a lotus pedestal at the center. He is flanked by two sacred attendants, Ksitigarbha (지장보살 in Korean) on his left and Avalokitesvara (관음보살 in Korean) on his right. The combination of these three Buddhist deities was particularly popular in the early Joseon period. The small scale suggests that this triad might have been displayed in a personal shrine rather than a large worship hall.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 892
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958#page=158

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Michael R. Cunningham. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 239
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	Lee, Soyoung, Ja Hyun Kim Haboush, Sunpyo Hong, and Chin-Sung Chang. <em>Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600. </em>New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 34. cat. no. 13, Mentioned: p. 101
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	Song, Unsok. "Korea's Joseon-Dynasty Buddhist Sculptures in American Museums" In <em>Arts of Korea: Histories, Challenges, and Perspectives</em>, edited by Jason Steuber, and Allysa B. Peyton, 218-243. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 222, fig. 10.2
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