The New-born Buddha
400s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
The New-born Buddha, 400s. China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Gilt bronze with inlays of blue glass and turquoise; overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); diameter of base: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); base: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.46
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- gilt bronze with inlays of blue glass and turquoise
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Diameter of base: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); Base: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1955.46
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions, "Asia and the West," San Francisco Museum of Art [October 28-December 1, 1957]
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
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