id:			152329
accession number:	1985.190
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.190
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:55.199000

Head of Buddha, 900s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Gilt bronze; overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth in honor of Sherman E. Lee 1985.190

title:				Head of Buddha
title in original language:	금동불두 (金銅佛頭)
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creation date:			900s
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		999
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creditline:			Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth in honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Korean Art: Images from the Land of the Morning Calm
	opening date:   1990-10-23T04:00:00
	<i>Korean Art: Images from the Land of the Morning Calm</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 23, 1990-January 13, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 18, 1985–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 73, no. 2, 1986, pp. 26–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 71, no. 203
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930

	<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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	Yim, Nam-su and Jeong Eun-woo. “Changes in Fashioning Small Gilt Bronze Buddhist Statues and their Techniques from the Late Goryeo to Early Joseon Periods [여말선초 소금동불의 유행과 제작기법의 변화]. <em>Misul sahak</em> (2010): 259-290.
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01524104

	<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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	Jeong, Eun-woo. “Buddhist Sculptures in Goryeo period and New Perspective [고려시대 불교조각 연구와 새로운 관점].” <em>Bulgyo misulsahak</em> (2019): 7-16.
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09235831

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