id:			134346
accession number:	1956.8
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.8
updated:		2025-02-09 02:14:44.948000

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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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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