id:			139459
accession number:	1963.264
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Seated Maitreya, late 600s–early 700s. Nepal, late Gupta style, late 7th - early 8th century. Bronze; overall: 16.4 x 13.3 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King 1963.264

title:				Seated Maitreya
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creation date:			late 600s–early 700s
creation date earliest:		675
creation date latest:		725
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King
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culture:	Nepal, late Gupta style, late 7th - early 8th century
technique:	bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Nepalese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 16.4 x 13.3 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Sacred India
	opening date:   1985-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Sacred India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The Art of Nepal</em>. Asia House Gallery, Asia Society, New York, NY (Summer 1964).', 'opening_date': '1964-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Indian Buddhist Sculpture in American Collections</em>. J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (February 27–March 31, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1968-03-31T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	J.J. Klejman [1906–1995], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1963
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1963–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review for 1963." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 10 (1963): 263-94.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 66, p. 292; Reproduced: no. 66, p. 287
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151974

	Kramrisch, Stella. <em>The Art of Nepal</em>. New York: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1964.
	page number: 	cat. no. 6
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	Ho, Wai-Kam. "Three Seated Stone Buddhas." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 4 (1966): 84-102.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 35, pp. 98–99
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152098

	Begley, W. E. <em>Indian Buddhist Sculpture in American Collections</em>. Louisville, KY: J.B. Speed Art Museum, 1968.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 35
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	Schroeder, Ulrich von.<em> Indo-Tibetan Bronzes</em>. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 75B, p. 306; Reproduced: cat. no. 75B, p. 307
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	Reedy, Chandra L. <em>Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices</em>. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced:  p. 222, fig N226
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