id:			143894
accession number:	1968.280
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Bodhisattva of Compassion (Avalokiteshvara), 1647–48 or 1658. Chöying Dorjé, the Tenth Black Hat Karmapa (Tibetan, 1604–1674). Ivory; overall: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Purchase Fund 1968.280

title:				Bodhisattva of Compassion (Avalokiteshvara)
title in original language:	觀音菩薩
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creation date:			1647–48 or 1658
creation date earliest:		1647
creation date latest:		1658
current location:		237 Himalayan
creditline:			Sundry Purchase Fund
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culture:	Tibet
technique:	ivory
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Liao Dynasty
type:		Ivory
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CREATORS

* Chöying Dorjé, the Tenth Black Hat Karmapa (Tibetan, 1604–1674)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(J.J. Klejman, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1968
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1968.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 56, no. 1, 1969, pp. 3–50.
	page number: 	Mentioned:  p. 49, no. 138; Reproduced: p. 39
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152250

	Tardy. <em>Les ivoires; évolution décorative du Ier siècle à nos jours</em>. Paris: 1972.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 250, fig. 2
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	Schroeder, Ulrich von. <em>Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet</em>. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 802–803, pls. XII–20A–B
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	Mengele, Irmgard. <em>Riding a huge wave of Karma: the turbulent life of the Tenth Karma-pa</em>. Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 353, pl. 1
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	Debreczeny, Karl, Ian A. Alsop, David Paul Jackson, and Irmgard Mengele. <em>The Black Hat Eccentric: Artistic Visions of the Tenth Karmapa</em>. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 210-21, fig. 7.32-3; pp. 233, fig. 8.25
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