id:			154216
accession number:	1988.34
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.34
updated:		2025-07-01 11:07:06.215000

Standing Amitabha, 800s. Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935). Gilt bronze; overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.); with tang: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1988.34

title:				Standing Amitabha
title in original language:	금동아미타여래입상 (金銅阿彌陀如來立)
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creation date:			800s
creation date earliest:		800
creation date latest:		899
current location:		236 Korean
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture:	Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.); with tang: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

	title:		Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan
	opening date:   2003-04-07T00:00:00
	<i>Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan</i>. Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (April 7-June 22, 2003).

	title:		Korean Art from the United States
	opening date:   2012-06-04T00:00:00
	<i>Korean Art from the United States</i>. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (June 4-August 5, 2012).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1988
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: June 9, 1988–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“The Year in Review for 1988.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 76, no. 2 (February 1989): 30–75.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 39; mentioned: p. 75, no. 229
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160061

	Kang, U-bang. <em>Hangung bulgyo jogang ui heureum </em>[한국 불교 조각 의 흐름]. Soeul: Daewonsa, 1995.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Michael R. Cunningham. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 231
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	Washizuka, Hiromitsu, Youngbok Park, U-bang Kang, and Naomi Noble Richard. <em>Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan</em>. New York: Japan Society, 2003.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 49, pp. 284–285
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	<em>Korean art from the United States </em>[미국, 한국 미술 을 만나다]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2012.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: ex. cat. no. 70, pp. 164–165
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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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	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. 248
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	Cho, Chi-yun, and Seunghye Yi. Semilgagwi : Hangungmisurui Pumgyeok [세밀가귀 : 한국미술의 품격]<em> = Exquisite and precious: the splendor of Korean art.</em> Seoul: Samsung Museum Leeum, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: 147, no. 71
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	<em>Masterpieces of Early Buddhist Sculpture</em> [고대불교조각대전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2015.
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	Gwak, Dong-seok. <em>Hanguk ui geumdongbul </em>[한국의 금동불] . Seoul: Dareun sesang, 2016.
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	Yi, Ji-kang. "A Study on the 'Gilt-Bronze Standing Buddha.' from the Bori-sa Temple Site, Uiryeong [의령 보리사지 금동여래입상 연구]." <em>Korean Journal of Art History</em>, no. 292 (December 2016): 5-27.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Journal/ArticleDetail/NODE07088069

	Nelson, Sarah. <em>Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla</em>. Routledge, 2019.
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	Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 138-139, no. 97
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