id:			134346
accession number:	1956.8
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.8
updated:		2022-09-22 09:53:54.999000

Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Manjushri), 1400s. Nepal. Gilded copper; overall: 42.4 x 16.5 cm (16 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1956.8

title:				Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Manjushri)
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
current location:		237 Himalayan
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Nepal
technique:	gilded copper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Nepalese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 42.4 x 16.5 cm (16 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Dieux et Demons de L'Himalaya: Art du Bouddhisme Lamaique (Gods and Demons of the Himalayas: Art of Lama Buddhism)
	opening date:   1977-03-22T05:00:00
	<i>Dieux et Demons de L'Himalaya: Art du Bouddhisme Lamaique (Gods and Demons of the Himalayas: Art of Lama Buddhism)</i>. Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, Paris, France (organizer) (March 22-July 4, 1977); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Munich, Germany (August 5-October 16, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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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wall description: 
The youthful, princely form of Manjushri can be identified by the horizontal book on the lotus over his left shoulder. The book refers to the Buddhist teachings of ultimate knowledge (Prajnaparamita), and this bodhisattva is the male embodiment of the wisdom gained from understanding them. Manjushri is of special importance for Buddhists of Nepal, called Newari, who credit him with draining the water from Kathmandu Valley.
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RELATED WORKS

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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. 757
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n136

	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. 234
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n258

	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. 234
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n258

	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. 297
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n317

	Reedy, Chandra L. <em>Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices</em>. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 240, fig. N279
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