Cleveland Museum of Art
Shakyamuni
- Date
- c. 900
- Medium
- wood with lacquer and traces of color
- Culture
- Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 153384
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This image of Shakyamuni, the Buddha, or “awakened one,” who lived during the 500s or 400s BCE, is carved from one piece of wood. The distinctive pattern of thick, raised garment folds is characteristic of Japanese Buddhist sculpture of the 800s and 900s. Shakyamuni’s elongated ears and curled hair are among the physical attributes described in sacred texts that distinguish him as a Buddha.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Provenance
- Ito Shobei | Nakamura Shoichiro, Sakai, Japan | ?–1986: (Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1986–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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