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Standing Disciple Mahakasyapa Holding a Cylindrical Reliquary
c. 550
Overall: 116 x 33 x 25 cm (45 11/16 x 13 x 9 13/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1972.166
Location: 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
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The complex of Buddhist cave temples at Xiangtangshan, “Mountain of Echoing Halls,” is a central achievement of the Northern Qi period.Description
Mahakasyapa, the disciple of Shakyamuni, is presented with closed eyes in an expression of meditative concentration. He is holding a reliquary for the Buddha’s ashes, which symbolize the Buddha entering final spiritual attainment (nirvana) at death. The artistic simplicity exemplifies the spiritual content of this figure.- Edgar Worch [1880–1972], Paris, Franceby 1913–?Victor Goloubew [1878–1945], Paris, FranceNovember 10, 1972(Étude Couturier et Nicolay, Hôtel Drouot sale, November 10, 1972, Paris, France)1972(Heim Gallery, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1972–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Musée Cernuschi. Collection Victor Goloubew. [Paris]: [Victor Jacquemin], 1913. Mentioned: no. 53, p. 18; Reproduced: pl. IIIMizuno, Seiichi 水野清一 and Toshio Nagahiro 長廣敏雄. Kyōdōzan sekkutsu: Kahoku Kanan shōkyō ni okeru Hokusei jidai no sekkutsu jiin. [響堂山石窟 : 河北河南省境における北齊時代の石窟寺院 = The Buddhist Cave-Temples of Hsiang-t'ang-ssu] Kyōto: Tōhō Bunka Gakuin Kyōto Kenkyūjo, 1937. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 73Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3 (1973): 63–115. Mentioned: no. 277, p. 114; Reproduced: no. 277, p. 94 www.jstor.orgGuo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院. Hai wai yi zhen. fo xiang [海外遺珎. 佛像 = Chinese art in overseas collections. Buddhist sculpture]. Taibei Shi: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 52Matsubara, Saburō 松原三郎. Chūgoku Bukkyō chōkoku shiron [中国仏教彫刻史論 = Research in the History of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture]. Tōkyō: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1995. Reproduced: vol. 2, pl. 450Sun, Di, editor. Zhongguo liu shi hai wai Fo jiao zao xiang zong he tu mu [中国流失海外佛教造像总合图目 = Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections]. Beijing: Wai wen chu ban she, 2005. vol. 3, p. 624Tsiang, Katherine R., and Richard A. Born. Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan. Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2010. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 26, pp. 216–217Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 94
- Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples at Xiangtangshan. The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (September 30, 2010-January 16, 2011); National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (February 26-July 31, 2011); Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (September 10, 2011-January 8, 2012); San Diego Museum of Art (February 18-July 22, 2012).Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).5è Exposition des Arts de l'Asie: Collection Victor Goloubew. Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France (1913–1914).
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