id:			133035
accession number:	1955.46
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.46
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:37.123000

The New-born Buddha, 400s. China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Gilt bronze with inlays of blue glass and turquoise; overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); diameter of base: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); base: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.46

title:				The New-born Buddha
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creation date:			400s
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		500
current location:		241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534)
technique:	gilt bronze with inlays of blue glass and turquoise
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Southern Dynasties
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Diameter of base: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); Base: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
	opening date:   1994-10-18T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '"Asia and the West," San Francisco Museum of Art [October 28-December 1, 1957]', 'opening_date': '1957-10-28T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	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. 814
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n145

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