id:			140439
accession number:	1964.370
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.370
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:07.722000

Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Manjushri), 1400s. Nepal. Gilt bronze with precious and semiprecious stones, gum tempera, and cold gold; overall: 78.1 x 67.6 cm (30 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1964.370

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:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Nepal
technique:	Gilt bronze with precious and semiprecious stones, gum tempera, and cold gold
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Nepalese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 78.1 x 67.6 cm (30 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

	title:		Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America
	opening date:   2009-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 10-August 9, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(J.J. Klejman [1906–1995], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr1423

	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

	Slusser, Mary Shepherd. “Serpents, Sages, and Sorcerers in Cleveland.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 2 (February 1979): 67–82.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 10, p. 71
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159618

	Schroeder, Ulrich von. I<em>ndo-Tibetan Bronzes</em>. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 94D, pp. 356–357
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	Reedy, Chandra L. <em>Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices</em>. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 241, fig. N281
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	Béguin, Gilles.<em> Buddhist Art: An Historical and Cultural Journey</em>. Bangkok: River Books, 2009.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 253, fig. 7
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	Bidwell, Frederick E. and Leslie Cade. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 219
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