id:			105410
accession number:	1923.54
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.54
updated:		2023-03-25 11:14:19.678000

Head of a Bodhisattva, 1100s. China, reportedly from Henan province, Northern Song (960-1127) to Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Wood; overall: 86.4 x 40.6 x 38.1 cm (34 x 16 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1923.54

title:				Head of a Bodhisattva
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series:				
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, reportedly from Henan province, Northern Song (960-1127) to Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
technique:	wood
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 86.4 x 40.6 x 38.1 cm (34 x 16 x 15 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-11T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).

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PROVENANCE

	(C. T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1923
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1923–
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fun fact:
The eyes and the hole in the forehead were originally set with semiprecious stones.

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wall description:
This large head of a Bodhisattva figure, an enlightened being that vowed to help humans on earth, was once part of a monumental sculpture in a public Buddhist setting.
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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: 	Reproduced: p. 51
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n53

	Sirén, Osvald. "Studien zur chinesischen Plastik der Post-T'angzeit." <em>Ostasiatische Zeitschrift</em> Vol. 14, 1927.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 7, Taf. 14, abb. 11
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	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. 64
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n68

	Hollis, Howard C. “A Chinese Wooden Head.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 23, no. 6 (1936): 97–99.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 97–99; Reproduced: p. 94
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137778

	Rexroth, Kenneth. "Sung." <em>Portfolio and Art News Annual</em>, no. 6, 1960.
	page number: 	Reproduced:
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	Munro, Thomas. <em>Oriental Aesthetics</em>. Cleveland: Press of Western Reserve University, 1965.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Pl. VII, facing p. 87
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IMAGES

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