id:			148682
accession number:	1976.14
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.14
updated:		2023-11-29 18:07:53.564000

Bodhisattva Guanyin, 900s. China, Liao dynasty (916-1125). Gilt bronze; overall: 43.8 cm (17 1/4 in.); diameter of base: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1976.14

title:				Bodhisattva Guanyin
title in original language:	觀音菩薩
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creation date:			900s
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		999
current location:		241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	China, Liao dynasty (916-1125)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Liao Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 43.8 cm (17 1/4 in.); Diameter of base: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).

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PROVENANCE

	R. T. Bruce, London, England
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	(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1976
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1976.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 64, no. 2 (1977): 39–79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 158, p.79; Reproduced: no. 158, p. 63
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152676

	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

	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. 147
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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. 7, 1309
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	Chung, Anita. "Two Bodhisattva Images in The Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Orientations</em> vol. 41, no. 8 (Nov./Dec. 2010)
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 91, fig. 2-2a
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	Eskenazi, Giuseppe, and Hajni Elias. <em>A Dealer's Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi</em>. London, England: Scala, 2012.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 210, pl.  89
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 98
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