id:			127952
accession number:	1950.581
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.581
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:17.154000

Processional Mask of a Bodhisattva, late 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Wood, lacquered and painted; overall: 22 x 16 cm (8 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.581

title:				Processional Mask of a Bodhisattva
title in original language:	行道面・菩薩
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creation date:			late 1100s
creation date earliest:		1150
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique:	wood, lacquered and painted
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 22 x 16 cm (8 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

	title:		Japanese Arts of the Heian Period
	opening date:   1967-10-05T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Arts of the Heian Period</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 5, 1967-February 19, 1968); Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 17-February 25, 1968).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Japanese Arts of the Heian Period: 794-1185</em>. Asia House Gallery, New York City, NY (October 5-December 17, 1967) and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 17-February 25, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1967-10-05T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (March 19-May 17, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-03-19T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 10, 2013-November 17, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2013-04-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1950
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1950-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. “Important Acquisitions of Japanese Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 38, no. 9, 1951, pp. 211–217.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 212, 217; Reproduced: [no page number, after p. 212]
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141741

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 905
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n159

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 274
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n298

	Rosenfield, John M. <em>Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794-1185</em>. [New York]: Asia Society, 1967.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 77 and 118, cat. no. 33
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 274
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n298

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 370
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n390

	Lee, Sherman E, Ursula Korneitchouk, Michael R Cunningham, Ursula Korneitchouk, Cleveland Museum of Art, Japan House Gallery, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.), and Japan House Gallery. <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue</em>. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 24-25, no. 8
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	Vilbar, Sinéad. "The Japanese Art Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915-1951." In <em>Great Waves &amp; Mountains: Perspectives and Discoveries in Collecting the Arts of Japan. </em>Natsu Oyobe, and Allysa B. Peyton, eds., 160–197. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 183, fig. 7.18
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