Antiquity · Cleveland Museum of Art · 1987.188
Seated Sakyamuni Buddha
Unknown maker, 500s–600s
Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- 500s–600s
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.4 x 7.6 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 3 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Era
- Antiquity
Why it matters
Created during the Unified Silla period, a high point of the spread of Buddhist teachings, this kind of miniature statue was often used as a portable object of devotion by traveling Buddhist monks. This particular Buddhist statue is very similar in style and size to the one in the collection of the National Museum of Korea. See it in the following link: https://www.museum.go.kr/site/main/relic/search/view?relicId=1926