id: 142279
accession number: 1966.116
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Shakyamuni as an Ascetic, early 1300s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Gilt bronze with polychromy; overall: 44.2 x 31.8 cm (17 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1966.116
title: Shakyamuni as an Ascetic
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creation date: early 1300s
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1325
current location: 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
technique: gilt bronze with polychromy
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Yuan Dynasty
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 44.2 x 31.8 cm (17 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Art of the Oriental Bronze Metallurgist
opening date: 1978-01-19T05:00:00
The Art of the Oriental Bronze Metallurgist. Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL (organizer) (January 19-February 26, 1978).
title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968). Asia House, New York, NY (January 16-March 2, 1969).', 'opening_date': '1968-10-01T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'The Art of the Oriental Metallurgist; China, Korea, Japan, 1500 BC to AD 1912. The Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami, Miami, FL (January 19-February 26, 1978).', 'opening_date': '1978-01-19T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Eduard Lingero, Belgium, sold to Claude De Marteau)
date: 1940s?–1961
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(Claude De Marteau [d. 2017], Brussels, Belgium, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 1961–1966
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1966–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 261
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n285
Lee, Sherman E. “Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 53, no. 7 (September 1966): 181–285.
page number: Mentioned: no. 153, pp. 271, 285; Reproduced: no. 153, p. 270
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152110
Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968.
page number: Reproduced: Pl. 18
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 261
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n285
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 345
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n365
Snellgrove, David L., and Jean Boisselier. The Image of the Buddha. 1st ed. Tokyo, Paris: Kodansha International ; Unesco, 1978.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 375, plate 297, p. 374
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Dursun, Brian A. The Art of the Oriental Bronze Metallurgist, China, Korea, Japan 1500 B.C. - A.D. 1911: [Exhibition] Lowe Art Museum/University of Miami, January 19 - February 26, 1978. Coral Gables, FL: The Museum, 1978.
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Schroeder, Ulrich von. Indo-Tibetan Bronzes. 1st ed. Hong Kong, Glattbrugg, Switzerland: Visual Dharma Publications; Sole distributor, Nanda Distribution, 1981.
page number: Mentioned: no. 143E, p. 514; Reproduced: p. 515
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Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院. Hai wai yi zhen. fo xiang [海外遺珎. 佛像= Chinese art in overseas collections. Buddhist sculpture]. Taibei Shi: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 159
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Rogers, Howard. "Questioning Authority." Orientations (Jan/Feb 2005) vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 56–63.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 62
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Béguin, Gilles. Buddhist Art : An Historical and Cultural Journey. English ed. Bangkok: River Books, 2009.
page number: Reproduced: p. 329, fig. 110
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Jules Speelman: 8 at 80. Hong Kong: Bonhams, 2025.
page number: Reproduced: p. 38
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IMAGES
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