id:			133480
accession number:	1956.126
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.126
updated:		2025-03-15 11:04:45.938000

Hand of Buddha, late 700s. Japan, Nara period (710–94). Wood; overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1956.126

title:				Hand of Buddha
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creation date:			late 700s
creation date earliest:		710
creation date latest:		794
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Nara period (710–94)
technique:	wood
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Masterpieces of Japanese Art</em>. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969).', 'opening_date': '1969-10-04T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. R. Henry [Emery May Holden] Norweb [1895–1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1956
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1956–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “A Hand and an Image of Wood.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 44, no. 1 (1957): 3–9.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142178

	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. 903
	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

	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

	<em>Masterpieces of Japanese Art; [Catalogue of the Exhibition] October 4 Through November 30, 1969, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts</em>. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 7
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	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. 369
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n389

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IMAGES

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