id:			137276
accession number:	1962.213
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.213
updated:		2025-10-28 11:03:45.846000

Adoring Monk, early 500s. China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Gilt bronze; overall: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.); base: 3.6 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm (1 7/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); figure: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman, 1962.213

title:				Adoring Monk
title in original language:	僧人
series:				
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creation date:			early 500s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		525
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman
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culture:	China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Northern Dynasties
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.); Base: 3.6 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm (1 7/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Figure: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - 1962
	opening date:   1962-10-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - 1962</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-10T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Art of the Six Dynasties: Centuries of Change and Innovation</em>. China House Gallery, (October 29, 1975-February 1, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1975-10-29T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Master Bronzes Selected from Museums and Collections in America</em>. The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (February 1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-02-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Christian R. Holmes, New York, NY
	date: by 1937–?
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	Mrs. G. M. G. Forman, given to her daughter, Mrs. John Lyon [Georgia Forman Elliott] Collyer
	date: after 1937–?
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	Mrs. John Lyon [Georgia Forman Elliott] Collyer [1898–1994], given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1962
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1962–
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CITATIONS

	<em>Master Bronzes, Selected from Museums and Collections in America; February, 1937, the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York</em>. [Buffalo, N.Y.]: [Burrow and Co.], 1937.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 27
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	"Back Matter." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 49, no. 8 (October 1962).
	page number: 	Reproduced: back cover
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151912

	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. 249
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n273

	Munsterberg, Hugo. <em>Chinese Buddhist Bronzes</em>. Rutland, Vt: C.E. Tuttle, 1967.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 100
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	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. 249
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n273

	Juliano, Annette L. <em>Art of the Six Dynasties: Centuries of Change and Innovation: [Exhibition] October 29, 1975 Through February 1, 1976. New York. China House Gallery</em>. New York: China House Gallery, 1975.
	page number: 	cat. 51
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	<em>Hai wai yi zhen. fo xing </em>[Chinese art in overseas collections, Buddhist sculpture = 海外遺珎. 佛像]. Taibei Shi Shilin qu Waishuangxi: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 29
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	Sun, Di, editor. <em>Zhongguo liu shi hai wai Fo jiao zao xiang zong he tu mu </em>[中国流失海外佛教造像总合图目 Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections]. Beijing: Wai wen chu ban she, 2005.
	page number: 	Reproduced: vol. 1, p. 150
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