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accession number:	1973.85.c
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Seated Buddha (lotus pedestal), 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Gilded wood; overall: 145.4 cm (57 1/4 in.); figure: 88.2 cm (34 3/4 in.); pedestal: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Takako Setsu and her husband, Iwao, in memory of her father-in-law, Inosuke Setsu, and his long friendship with Sherman E. Lee, 1973.85.c

title:				Seated Buddha (lotus pedestal)
title in original language:	如来坐像（台座）
series:				
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		235B Japanese
creditline:			Gift of Takako Setsu and her husband, Iwao, in memory of her father-in-law, Inosuke Setsu, and his long friendship with Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique:	gilded wood
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 145.4 cm (57 1/4 in.); Figure: 88.2 cm (34 3/4 in.); Pedestal: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Setsu Takako 瀬津 孝子, Tokyo, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1973–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“The Year in Review for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 61, no. 2, 1974, pp. 31–78.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 79, no. 196
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

	Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Shūjirō Shimada 島田修二郎, and Terukazu Akiyama 秋山光和. <em>Zaigai Nihon no shihō</em> [在外日本の至宝 = Japanese Art: Selections froM Western Collections, vol. 8 ]. Tōkyō: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 8, p. 118, pl. 8
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	Zenzo Shimizu, "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," <em>Bukkyō geijutsu </em>[佛教藝術= Ars Buddhica] , no. 126 (September 1979), part I, pp. 67-88.
	page number: 	fig. 4
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