Shakyamuni as an Ascetic

Shakyamuni as an Ascetic

典藏者
The Cleveland Museum of Art
This statue is of monumental scale and exceptionally fine workmanship. A work of this size and quality was likely to have been made in the official workshops under imperial auspices. The image of the ascetic Shakyamuni (the historical Buddha) is both powerful and immediate. Shakyamuni is portrayed in a state of contemplative meditation with closed eyes and an inward smile. He leans forward, head and hands resting on an upraised knee. The representation speaks eloquently of his withdrawal from the world to attain self-realization. It recalls another famous iconic image in the Cleveland collection depicting Shakyamuni descending from the mountains after enlightenment.

詳細資料

主要名稱
Shakyamuni as an Ascetic
典藏者
The Cleveland Museum of Art
內容描述

This statue is of monumental scale and exceptionally fine workmanship. A work of this size and quality was likely to have been made in the official workshops under imperial auspices. The image of the ascetic Shakyamuni (the historical Buddha) is both powerful and immediate. Shakyamuni is portrayed in a state of contemplative meditation with closed eyes and an inward smile. He leans forward, head and hands resting on an upraised knee. The representation speaks eloquently of his withdrawal from the world to attain self-realization. It recalls another famous iconic image in the Cleveland collection depicting Shakyamuni descending from the mountains after enlightenment.

物件類別
文物
其他內容描述
取得方式: 

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

取得方式: 

Claude De Marteau purchased these two pieces from an Italian collector living in Belgium, named Eduard Lingero. During World War II Lingero, as an Italian, could travel freely to Paris, where he bought many pieces for his collection. In 1961 Lingero’s wife contracted cancer, and not wanting to split the collection with his daughter, he sold pieces to De Marteau. One huge Yamantaka from the imperial palace in Beijing was sold to Baron Rolin, a Belgian collector. De Marteau sold these two pieces to Sherman in 1965 when Sherman was working with him to buy the Dancing Shiva for Rockefeller, now in the Asia Society.

取得方式: 

For 1966.116 and 1968.214

尺寸: 

Overall: 44.2 x 31.8 公分 (17 3/8 x 12 1/2 英吋)

材質: 

青銅

類型: 
色彩: 

加彩

創建時間
創建時間: 
early 1300s
創建時間: 
創建地點
創建地點: 
中國
識別碼
1966.116
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