id:			153761
accession number:	1987.59
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.59
updated:		2022-09-10 11:01:48.419000

Plaque with the Image of Amitabha Triad, 676–935. Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935). Embossed copper plate covered with gold leaf; overall: 11.5 x 11 cm (4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1987.59

title:				Plaque with the Image of Amitabha Triad
title in original language:	금동판제 아미타삼존상 (金銅板製阿彌陀三尊像)
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creation date:			676–935
creation date earliest:		676
creation date latest:		935
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)
technique:	embossed copper plate covered with gold leaf
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 11.5 x 11 cm (4 1/2 x 4 5/16 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: August 19, 1987
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	John Eskenazi (sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, August 19, 1987)
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fun fact: 
Amitabha is believed to dwell in the Western Paradise where repentant souls are reborn in a lotus pond. Here, this savior deity is sitting in a lotus pedestal.

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wall description: 
This plate is embossed with an image of the Amitabha Buddha flanked by two attendants. The plate, created by hammering softly from the back of the metal sheet, highlights the advanced metalworking techniques of the Unified Silla period. Similar plates were used to decorate boxes that contained sacred relics.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Nelson, Sarah. <em>Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla</em>. Routledge, 2019.
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	Lee, So-young, and Denise Patry Leidy. <em>Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom</em>. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
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