id: 111503 accession number: 1929.981 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.981 updated: 2023-03-24 18:55:24.204000 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: series in original language: 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: --- culture: China, Hebei province, Tang dynasty (618-907) technique: white marble department: Chinese Art collection: China - Tang Dynasty type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * EXPO '70, World Exhibition of Masterpieces of World Art. Osaka, Japan (1970). --- 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– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.981/1929.981_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.981/1929.981_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.981/1929.981_full.tif