Sakyamuni (1900s): Art, History and Details

Sakyamuni (1900s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This standing Buddhist statue represents Śākyamuni Buddha. Based on its highly formalized carving style and symmetrical drapery, this work is a modern interpretation of ancient Korean Buddhist statues.

Object facts

• Title: Sakyamuni
• Date: 1900s
• Culture: Korea
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: wood with traces of black lacquer
• Dimensions: Overall: 43.1 cm (16 15/16 in.)
• Collection: Korean Art
• Department: Korean Art
• Accession number: 1988.152

A detail from the museum

Śākyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbinī, located in present-day southern Nepal.

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• “The Year in Review for 1988.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 76, no. 2 (1989): 30–75.

View the collection record

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