id:			142032
accession number:	1965.556
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.556
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:14.757000

Potalaka Guanyin, 900s. China, Five dynasties (907-960). Carved sandalwood with traces of paint; overall: 15.1 x 9.9 cm (5 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1965.556

title:				Potalaka Guanyin
title in original language:	觀音像
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creation date:			900s
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		999
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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culture:	China, Five dynasties (907-960)
technique:	Carved sandalwood with traces of paint
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Five Dynasties
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 15.1 x 9.9 cm (5 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan
	opening date:   1976-11-04T05:00:00
	<i>Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan</i>. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (organizer) (November 4-December 5, 1976); Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (January 13-March 27, 1977).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-11T05:00:00
	<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

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PROVENANCE

	(Ellsworth and Goldie, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1965
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1965–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 7 (1966): 181–284.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 285, no. 151; Reproduced: p. 267, no. 151
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152110

	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. 254
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n278

	Lee, Sherman E. “Kleinkunst: Two Early Chinese Wood Sculptures.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em> 20 (1966): 66–70.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 67, figs. 1–3; Mentioned: pp. 66–70
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20110981

	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. 254
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n278

	Jenkins, Donald, and Robin Scribnick. <em>Masterworks in Wood: China and Japan: [Exhibition] Portland Art Museum, November 4 Through December 5, 1976, Asia House Gallery, January 13 Through March 20, 1977</em>. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1976.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 11
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	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. 335
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n355

	Watson, William.<em> L'art de l'ancienne Chine</em>. Paris: Mazenod, 1979.
	page number: 	Reproduced: colorplate no. 92
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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. 124
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	Sun, Di 孙迪, 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: 	vol. 6, p. 1242
	url:		

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