Description
Created during the Unified Silla period, a high point of the spread of Buddhist teachings, this kind of miniature statue was often used as a portable object of devotion by traveling Buddhist monks. This particular Buddhist statue is very similar in style and size to the one in the collection of the National Museum of Korea. See it in the following link: https://www.museum.go.kr/site/main/relic/search/view?relicId=1926
Provenance
(Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1987); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1987ā)
Accession Number
1987.188
Medium
stone
Dimensions
Overall: 11.4 x 7.6 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 3 x 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund