id: 111503
accession number: 1929.981
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Bodhisattva, 700s. China, Hebei province, Tang dynasty (618-907). White marble; overall: 177.8 x 64 x 58.5 cm (70 x 25 3/16 x 23 1/16 in.); without base: 157.4 cm (61 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.981
title: Bodhisattva
title in original language: 菩薩
series:
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creation date: 700s
creation date earliest: 700
creation date latest: 799
current location: 238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:
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culture: China, Hebei province, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique: white marble
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Tang Dynasty
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 177.8 x 64 x 58.5 cm (70 x 25 3/16 x 23 1/16 in.); without base: 157.4 cm (61 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* EXPO '70, World Exhibition of Masterpieces of World Art. Osaka, Japan (1970).
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PROVENANCE
(Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1929
footnotes:
citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1929–
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wall description:
The bodhisattva is an enlightened being dedicated to the spiritual awakening of all beings. This white marble torso exemplifies the quest for refinement and plasticity of form that mark the golden era of Tang Chinese Buddhist sculpture. The statue was conceived with great power and grandeur. The slight sway of the hip on one side and upraised shoulder on the other result in an elegant S-curve. Emphatic lines cut into the stone create a sense of rhythm and reveal the sculptor’s skill and sureness of execution.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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. 823
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n146
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 253
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n277
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 253
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n277
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 333
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n353
Sun, Di, editor. Zhongguo liu shi hai wai Fo jiao zao xiang zong he tu mu [中国流失海外佛教造像总合图目 = Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections]. Beijing: Wai wen chu ban she, 2005.
page number: Mentioned: vol. 6, p. 1119
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 53 no. 05, September/October 2013
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 15
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-05/page/14
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: pp. 96–97
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