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accession number: 1918.501
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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
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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
Korean Art in Early Chosön, 1400-1600. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 17-June 21, 2009).
title: Like a Lotus Unstained by Mud
opening date: 2024-03-19T04:00:00
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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Buddhist Art. Detroit Institute of Arts, Twenty-Fourth Loan Exhibition, October, 1942. Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 1942).', 'opening_date': '1942-10-01T04:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
Worcester R. Warner [1846–1929], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1916–1918
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1918–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Warner, Langdon. "Bronze Korean Trinity." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 6 (1920): 79-80.
page number: Reproduced: Front Matter; Mentioned: p. 79-80
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136383
Lee, Sherman E. Buddhist Art. Detroit Institute of Arts, Twenty-Fourth Loan Exhibition, October, 1942. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1942.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 89, p. 35; Reproduced: cat. no. 89, p. 61
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 892
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n158
Kim, Hongnam. The Story of a Painting: A Korean Buddhist Treasure from the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation. New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1991.
page number: Mentioned: p. 47, cat. no. 4; Reproduced: p. 4, fig. 8
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Cunningham, Michael R., "Land of Morning Calm", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 37 no. 07, September 1997
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 4-5
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1997-07/page/4
Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 239
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May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Mentioned: no. 94, pp. 85-86, p. 119; Reproduced: p. 86;
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Choe, Song-eun. “About Amitabha Buddha Images of the Late Unified Silla and Early Goryeo Periods [나말여초 아미타불상의 도상적 고찰].” Kangjwa misulsa (2006): 213-234.
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url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/author/authorDetail?ancId=2589316
Lee, So-young, Ja-hyun Kim Haboush, Sun-pyo Hong, and Chin-Sung Chang. Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.
page number: Reproduced: p. 34. cat. no. 13, Mentioned: p. 101
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Yim, Nam-su and Jeong Eun-woo. “Changes in Fashioning Small Gilt Bronze Buddhist Statues and their Techniques from the Late Goryeo to Early Joseon Periods [여말선초 소금동불의 유행과 제작기법의 변화]." Misul sahak (2010): 259-290.
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url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01524104
Glassman, Hank. The Face of Jizō: Image and Cult in Medieval Japanese Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2012.
page number: Reproduced: p. 77, fig 2.11
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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. 130-131
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Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 252
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 31
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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, 218-243. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2018.
page number: Reproduced: p. 222, fig. 10.2
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McCormick, Sooa Im. "The Past and Present of the Korean Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art." In The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, 국외소재문화재재단, and An Min-hŭi, ed., 22-37. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 23-24, fig. 9
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Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 142-145, no. 99
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