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"title": "Korean Art in Early Chos\u00f6n, 1400-1600",
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"id": 540063,
"title": "Like a Lotus Unstained by Mud",
"description": "Like a Lotus Unstained by Mud. Hoam Museum of Art, Kyunggi-do, Korea (Republic of) (March 19-June 23, 2024) https://www.leeumhoam.org/hoam/exhibition/77.",
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"did_you_know": "The small scale suggests that this rare bronze triad might have been displayed in a personal shrine rather than a large worship hall.",
"description": "This bronze triad depicts Amitabha, the Buddha of Western Paradise, at the center, flanked by two bodhisattvas: Ksitigarbha on his left and Avalokite\u015bvara on his right. Ksitigarbha is believed to rescue those tormented beings from purgatory, while Avalokite\u015bvara offers relief to those suffering in the mortal realm.
An exceptionally rare statue from the 1400s, this piece entered the CMA\u2019s collection in 1918. It was discovered in Korea in 1916 by Langdon Warner (1881\u20131955), who was serving as the CMA\u2019s field agent. In a letter dated December 4, 1916, Warner expressed not only his excitement upon finding the triad in a local pawn shop but also his satisfaction at purchasing it at a significantly reduced price.",
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"citation": "Warner, Langdon. \"Bronze Korean Trinity.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 6 (1920): 79\u201380.",
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"citation": "Glassman, Hank. The Face of Jizo\u0304: Image and Cult in Medieval Japanese Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawai\u02bbi Press, 2012.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 77, fig 2.11",
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"citation": "Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 130\u2013131",
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"citation": "Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
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"citation": "\u201cA Walking Tour: The entire new museum wing by wing, with curators calling out a few favorite works in the collection.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 54, no. 1 (January/February 2014): 8\u201333.",
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"citation": "Song, Un-sok. \"Korea's Joseon-Dynasty Buddhist Sculptures in American Museums\" In Arts of Korea: Histories, Challenges, and Perspectives, edited by Jason Steuber, and Allysa B. Peyton, 218\u2013243. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2018.",
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