id:			160742
accession number:	1998.79
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.79
updated:		2025-07-01 11:07:06.474000

Statue of Amitabha, 800s. Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935). Gilt bronze; overall: 22.5 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm (8 7/8 x 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1998.79

title:				Statue of Amitabha
title in original language:	금동여래입상 (金銅如來立像)
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creation date:			800s
creation date earliest:		800
creation date latest:		899
current location:		236 Korean
creditline:			John L. Severance 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: 22.5 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm (8 7/8 x 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
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CITATIONS

	Gwak, Dong-seok. <em>Hanguk ui geumdongbul </em>[한국의 금동불] . Seoul: Dareun sesang, 2016.
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	Nelson, Sarah. <em>Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla</em>. Routledge, 2019.
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	Kang, U-bang. <em>Hangung bulgyo jogang ui heureum </em>[한국 불교 조각 의 흐름]. Soeul: Daewonsa, 1995.
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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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	<em>Masterpieces of Early Buddhist Sculpture</em> [고대불교조각대전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2015.
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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. 140-141, no. 98
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