id:			144950
accession number:	1970.149
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.149
updated:		2025-08-07 23:03:59.018000

Pair of Seated Buddhas, 1500s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Gilt bronze; overall: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman 1970.149

title:				Pair of Seated Buddhas
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
current location:		241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. John Lyon [Georgia Forman Elliott] Collyer [1898–1994], Akron, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1970
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970–
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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1970.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58, no. 2 (1971): 22–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 70, cat. no. 145
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152361

	Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院. <em>Hai wai yi zhen. fo xiang</em> [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. 169 and 170
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