COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1970.63
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CMA_.1970.63
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
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Creator Nationality:
Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian
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Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
India, Mathura, Kushan Period (1st century-320)
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India, Mathura, Kushan Period (1st century-320)
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Seated Sakyamuni
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Seated Sakyamuni
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
late 1st century - early 2nd century A.D.
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late 1st century - early 2nd century A.D.
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
80
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80
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
110
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110
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
red mottled sandstone
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red mottled sandstone
Materials and Techniques
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Classification Term:
Sculpture-stone
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Sculpture-stone
Classification Term
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Classification Term:
Sculpture-stone
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Sculpture-stone
Classification Term
false
Style or Period:
India, Mathura, Kushan Period (1st century-320)
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India, Mathura, Kushan Period (1st century-320)
Style or Period
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Dimensions:
Overall: 51.4cm
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Overall: 51.4cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1970.63
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1970.63
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
This Buddha is placed on a lion pedestal, part of which is broken off. The pedestal was undoubtedly flanked on both sides by seated lions in profile; its center is decorated with the same animal shown frontally.Sakyamuni is seated, cross-legged, with the right hand expressing the abhaya mudra and the left resting on his thigh. His body is clad in a transparent garment. The massive round head displays fleshy Kusana features, while the hair is indicated only by the hairline and the kaparda (coil of hair) on the top of the head. The figure was flanked by the pair of attendants Brahma and Indra, but only Brahma with the chauri (on the Buddha's proper right) remains, Indra having been broken off with the upper part of the stele. Enough of the stele remains to determine that a scalloped halo encircled Buddha's head and that around it was the bodhi tree, which is also articulated along the back of the stele.The sculpture was conceived almost like a sculpture in the round, even if the impression is more that of two reliefs put together. The reverse side shows the entire bodhi tree with tree trunk, branches, and foliage, and adds such captivating accents as a squirrel on one of the branches. It also shows the back of the throne, the Buddha, and his attendants. The stele is perforated to enforce the effect of a sculpture in the round.There are a number of other kapardin-type Buddhas known. Most of those in India were recently published by R. C. Sharma. In this country there are incomplete steles in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a small stele in the Alsdorf collection in Chicago.
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This Buddha is placed on a lion pedestal, part of which is broken off. The pedestal was undoubtedly flanked on both sides by seated lions in profile; its center is decorated with the same animal shown frontally.Sakyamuni is seated, cross-legged, with the right hand expressing the abhaya mudra and the left resting on his thigh. His body is clad in a transparent garment. The massive round head displays fleshy Kusana features, while the hair is indicated only by the hairline and the kaparda (coil of hair) on the top of the head. The figure was flanked by the pair of attendants Brahma and Indra, but only Brahma with the chauri (on the Buddha's proper right) remains, Indra having been broken off with the upper part of the stele. Enough of the stele remains to determine that a scalloped halo encircled Buddha's head and that around it was the bodhi tree, which is also articulated along the back of the stele.The sculpture was conceived almost like a sculpture in the round, even if the impression is more that of two reliefs put together. The reverse side shows the entire bodhi tree with tree trunk, branches, and foliage, and adds such captivating accents as a squirrel on one of the branches. It also shows the back of the throne, the Buddha, and his attendants. The stele is perforated to enforce the effect of a sculpture in the round.There are a number of other kapardin-type Buddhas known. Most of those in India were recently published by R. C. Sharma. In this country there are incomplete steles in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a small stele in the Alsdorf collection in Chicago.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1970.63.tif
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CMA_.1970.63.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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