id: 121206
accession number: 1942.1082
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Amitabha, mid-1000s. China, Yunnan province, Dali kingdom (938–1253). Gilt bronze; overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.1082
title: Amitabha
title in original language: 阿彌陀佛
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creation date: mid-1000s
creation date earliest: 1040
creation date latest: 1060
current location: 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: China, Yunnan province, Dali kingdom (938–1253)
technique: gilt bronze
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Liao Dynasty
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': "The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (January 8–February 17, 1957).", 'opening_date': '1957-02-17T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1968-10-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1942
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1942–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"The Cleveland Museum of Art Annual Report Issue for the Year 1942." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 30, no. 4 (1943): 35-54.
page number: Mentioned: p. 38
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141051
The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty; A Loan Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum from Collections in America, the Orient, and Europe, January 8-February 17, 1957. Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles County Museum, 1957.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 97, pl. 97
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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. 826
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. 254
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n278
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. 254
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n278
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. 335
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n355
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: Reproduced: vol. 7, p. 1375
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Woon, Wee Teng 雲惟慶. The Hidden Treasures of Nanzhao & Dali Kingdoms, with Other Artifacts from Yunnan 雲南之寶 : 南詔, 大理國等珍藏. Singapore: Woon Brothers Foundation, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 102, fig. 3.1d
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Boehm, Christian. "Buddhist Bronzes of the Dali Kingdom in Yunnan Province." Arts of Asia 45, no. 4 (July-August 2015): 65-75.
page number: Reproduced: p. 65, fig. 1
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