The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
Base for Seated Buddha with Halo
1100s
(794–1185)
Overall: 145.4 cm (57 1/4 in.); Figure: 88.2 cm (34 3/4 in.); Pedestal: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.)
Location: 235B Japanese
Did You Know?
This figure is depicted with a mudra, or hand gesture, that means "have no fear."Description
Composed of a number of hollowed-out pieces of wood that were then covered with lacquer and gilding, this sculpture would have served as the principal image of worship in a Buddhist temple hall. The Buddha Yakushi resides in the Lapis Lazuli Paradise of the East, and heals all diseases, including the ailment of ignorance. His left hand once held a medicine jar, while his right hand gestures reassurance. Seated on a lotus pedestal and backed by a mandorla and halo, the Buddha may have once been flanked by the bodhisattvas of the Sun and Moon, Nikkō and Gakkō, and protected by the Twelve Divine Generals, or Junishinshō.- ?–1973Setsu Takako 瀬津 孝子, Tokyo, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1973–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- “The Year in Review for 1973.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 61, no. 2, 1974, pp. 31–78. Mentioned: p. 79, no. 196 25152513Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Shūjirō Shimada 島田修二郎, and Terukazu Akiyama 秋山光和. Zaigai Nihon no shihō [在外日本の至宝 = Japanese Art: Selections froM Western Collections, vol. 8 ]. Tōkyō: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979. Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 8, p. 118, pl. 8Zenzo Shimizu, "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," Bukkyō geijutsu [佛教藝術= Ars Buddhica] , no. 126 (September 1979), part I, pp. 67-88. fig. 4
- {{cite web|title=Base for Seated Buddha with Halo|url=false|author=|year=1100s|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1973.85.c