id:			153628
accession number:	1987.154
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.154
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:32.306000

Standing Buddha, 1100s. Southern Myanmar (Burma), Pegu, or northwestern Thailand. Gold repoussé; overall: 13.8 x 5.7 cm (5 7/16 x 2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxine and Morris Stone 1987.154

title:				Standing Buddha
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Gift of Maxine and Morris Stone
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culture:	Southern Myanmar (Burma), Pegu, or northwestern Thailand
technique:	gold repoussé
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Burmese Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 13.8 x 5.7 cm (5 7/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

	title:		Buddha, Radiant Awakening
	opening date:   2001-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Buddha, Radiant Awakening</i>. Art Gallery of New South Wales (organizer) (November 10, 2001-February 24, 2002).

	title:		Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1987
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1987–
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fun fact:
Pegu, the capital of the Mon empire, is on the south-central coast of Myanmar.

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wall description:
Along with manuscripts, small-scale images of the Buddha could be commissioned by pilgrims or devotees and offered to a monastery in connection with a vow or the consecration of a sacred monument or object.<br> <br>The Buddha stands on a lotus flower that indicates his transcendence above ordinary beings. He is surrounded by flames that communicate his radiance and the intensity of the heat or power he acquired through meditation and discipline. His hands are in the mudra communicating the transmission of the teachings.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 2 (1988): 30–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned:  p. 71, cat. no. 216; Reproduced: p. 66, cat. no. 216
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160017

	Menzies, Jackie. <em>Buddha: Radiant Awakening</em>. Sydney: Art Gallery NSW, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 183, cat. no. 21
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IMAGES

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