Cleveland Museum of Art

Statue of Amitabha

Date

800s

Medium

gilt bronze

Culture

Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)

Department

Korean Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This small sculpture shows Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise and the focus of the Pure Land sect of Buddhism, which was popular across East Asia, including Korea. This deity is recognizable from its right hand raised palm out in a gesture that reassures viewers to have no fear. Small statues like this work were designed to be portable, rather than to be permanently housed in a Buddhist temple.

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