id:			157563
accession number:	1994.94
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.94
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:20.123000

Seated Amitābha, late 1500s–early 1600s. Chinese, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; overall with knobs: 236.9 x 105.7 cm (93 1/4 x 41 5/8 in.); painting only: 130.8 x 75 cm (51 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of David S. Utterberg and the Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1994.94

title:				Seated Amitābha
title in original language:	阿彌陀佛
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creation date:			late 1500s–early 1600s
creation date earliest:		1575
creation date latest:		1625
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creditline:			Gift of David S. Utterberg and the Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Chinese, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
technique:	hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall with knobs: 236.9 x 105.7 cm (93 1/4 x 41 5/8 in.); Painting only: 130.8 x 75 cm (51 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object in Focus: Seated Amit'a
	opening date:   1998-07-28T00:00:00
	<i>Object in Focus: Seated Amit'a</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 28-September 27, 1998).

	title:		Korean Gallery 236 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Korean Gallery 236 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 16, 2018-January 20, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(R-L Sneider Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1994
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1994–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Waterhouse, Helen.<em> Buddhism: Study Guide</em>. Milton Keynes: Open University, 2005.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/buddhismstudygui0000wate/page/n103/mode/2up?q=utterberg

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