Amitabha
mid-1000s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Amitabha, mid-1000s. China, Yunnan province, Dali kingdom (938–1253). Gilt bronze; overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.1082 This gilt bronze Buddha is similar in style to another rare piece in the Shanghai Museum, which bears an inscription dating it to 1043, the second year of the Shengming reign of the Dali kingdom.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1942.1082
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- <em>The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty</em>. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (January 8–February 17, 1957)., <em>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
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