id:			136572
accession number:	1961.135
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.135
updated:		2024-04-04 11:13:06.818000

Amitābha Triad, possibly 1400s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; painting: 95.3 x 50.2 cm (37 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.); overall with knobs: 196.2 x 73.3 cm (77 1/4 x 28 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Corning, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F. Leisy, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Lange, and Leon Fletcher, Jr. 1961.135

title:				Amitābha Triad
title in original language:	阿彌陀三尊圖
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creation date:			possibly 1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Corning, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F. Leisy, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Lange, and Leon Fletcher, Jr.
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting: 95.3 x 50.2 cm (37 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 196.2 x 73.3 cm (77 1/4 x 28 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

	title:		The Art of Southern Sung China
	opening date:   1962-02-15T05:00:00
	<i>The Art of Southern Sung China</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 15-April 15, 1962).

	title:		Korean Gallery 236 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Korean Gallery 236 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 16, 2018-January 20, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 29, 2013-December 23, 2013).', 'opening_date': '2013-05-29T04:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1961
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1961–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 365
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n385

	Shin, Junhyoung Michael. “The Face-to-Face Advent of the Amitābha Triad: A Fifteenth-Century Welcoming Descent.” <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art</em>, vol. 6, 2001, pp. 28–47.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 1, p. 29
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079712

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