id:			161704
accession number:	2000.68
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.68
updated:		2022-08-24 09:08:53.163000

Seated Amitabha with Attendants, c. 1100s. India, Western Himalayas, Lahul and Spiti, Tabo Monastery. Gum tempera and ink on sized cotton; image: 78.2 x 62.9 cm (30 13/16 x 24 3/4 in.); overall: 100 x 66.7 cm (39 3/8 x 26 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 2000.68

title:				Seated Amitabha with Attendants
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creation date:			c. 1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1200
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	India, Western Himalayas, Lahul and Spiti, Tabo Monastery
technique:	Gum tempera and ink on sized cotton
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Tibetan Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 78.2 x 62.9 cm (30 13/16 x 24 3/4 in.); Overall: 100 x 66.7 cm (39 3/8 x 26 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object in Focus:  Toward a Definition of an Early "Western Tibetan" Style
	opening date:   2001-04-24T00:00:00
	<i>Object in Focus:  Toward a Definition of an Early "Western Tibetan" Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 24-June 24, 2001).

	title:		Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation
	opening date:   2022-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–2000
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2000–
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wall description: 
The red Buddha of the West, Amitabha, seated in meditation on his throne, is flanked by bodhisattvas. Above are two rows of monks who transmit his teachings, and along the bottom is a row of six adepts, skilled practitioners of magic and the recitation of mantras to reach enlightenment quickly. In front of his throne are the three flaming jewels of Buddhism: the Buddha, his teaching (<em>dharma</em>), and the spiritual community (<em>sangha</em>). Its unfinished state reveals the fluid and accomplished ink drawing delineating all the forms. <br><br>This painting is one of the earliest surviving thangkas—devotional Buddhist paintings on cloth. It is from the region ruled by the Guge kings of western Tibet from the 900s to 1600s, now partially within the national borders of India.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” October 6, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 2-3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4354

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