id: 150025 accession number: 1980.24 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.24 updated: 2023-03-11 20:51:14.151000 Caparisoned Elephant, c. 1000s. China, Liao dynasty (916-1125). Gilt bronze; overall: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1980.24 title: Caparisoned Elephant title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1000s creation date earliest: 1000 creation date latest: 1100 current location: 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Liao dynasty (916-1125) technique: gilt bronze department: Chinese Art collection: China - Liao Dynasty type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1980 opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The six-tusked elephant holds the throne of Puxian (Samantabhadra), the Bodhisattva of Universal Virtue, who often appears with Wenshu (Manjusri), the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, on his lion-vehicle. This impressive gilt bronze statue is solidly cast, except for the hollow at the center of its belly. The richly ornate saddle cloth exhibits superb craftsmanship and vivid representations of dragons among clouds, echoing the worldly splendor of the Liao material culture. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.24/1980.24_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.24/1980.24_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.24/1980.24_full.tif