Mi-lê: Maitreya Buddha
683
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Mi-lê: Maitreya Buddha, 683. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Limestone; overall: 33 x 20.4 cm (13 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1965.33
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- limestone
- Medium
- limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 33 x 20.4 cm (13 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: translation of inscription: "On the eighth day of the second month of the second year of Yung-ch'un, the bhiksu Tz'u-(?) of the temple Hu-chung-ssu had this image of Maitreya and two attendant bodhisattvas made for the devotion of his whole family." (wkh)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1965.33
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1965
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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