id: 136420 accession number: 1960.285 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.285 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:48.771000 Bodhisattva Manjushri: Lord of Wisdom, 1000s-1100s. East India, Bengal. Bronze with gilding and inlay of semiprecious stones; overall: 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.); part 1: 6.5 x 15.5 x 11.9 cm (2 9/16 x 6 1/8 x 4 11/16 in.); part 2: 41.9 x 15.2 cm (16 1/2 x 6 in.); part 3: 16.5 x 8.5 cm (6 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1960.285 title: Bodhisattva Manjushri: Lord of Wisdom title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1000s-1100s creation date earliest: 1000 creation date latest: 1199 current location: creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: East India, Bengal technique: Bronze with gilding and inlay of semiprecious stones department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.); Part 1: 6.5 x 15.5 x 11.9 cm (2 9/16 x 6 1/8 x 4 11/16 in.); Part 2: 41.9 x 15.2 cm (16 1/2 x 6 in.); Part 3: 16.5 x 8.5 cm (6 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1961) opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00 Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961). title: Master Bronzes of India opening date: 1965-09-03T04:00:00 Master Bronzes of India. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (September 3-October 10, 1965); William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, MO (October 21-December 19, 1965); The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 19-February 27, 1966); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (October 12-December 11, 1966). title: Indian Buddhist Sculpture opening date: 1968-02-27T05:00:00 Indian Buddhist Sculpture. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (organizer) (February 27-March 21, 1968). title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (William H. Wolff [1906-1991], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1960 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1960- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS “Annual Report for 1960.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 6, 1961, pp. 107–147. page number: Mentioned: p. 122 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142457 Master Bronzes of India: The Art Institute of Chicago ... [et al]. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1965. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 10 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 232 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n256 Marcus, Margaret F. “Sculptures from Bihar and Bengal.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 54, no. 8, 1967, pp. 240–262. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 250, fig. 9 url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152173 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 232 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n256 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 295 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n315 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.285/1960.285_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.285/1960.285_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.285/1960.285_full.tif