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Kneeling Winged Monster

鬼神

550–77

China, Hebei province, northern Xiangtangshan caves, North cave, Northern Qi dynasty

(550-577)

Limestone

Overall: 75 x 63.6 cm (29 1/2 x 25 1/16 in.)

Weight: 400 kg (881.85 lbs.)

The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1957.360

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241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures

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The hunched monster has three-fingered hands, four square teeth in center of its mouth, and two pairs of pointed teeth on either side.

Description

This kneeling monster from the cave-temple complex at Xiangtangshan was originally placed below some wall niches on the perimeter. With its grotesque face and body, it is among the most imaginative sculptures of the period.

Provenance

?-1957

(Frank Caro [1904-1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1957-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Mizuno, Seiichi 水野清一 and Toshio Nagahiro 長廣敏雄. The Buddhist Cave-Temples of Hsiang-T'ang-Ssu on the Frontier of Honan and Hopei. Kyoto: Academy of Oriental Culture, Kyoto Institute, 1937.

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 817 archive.org

Milliken, William M. “Early Byzantine Silver.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 45, no. 3, 1958, pp. 35–94. Reproduced: p. 92 www.jstor.org

Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964. Reproduced: p. 253, fig. no. 322

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 250 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 250 archive.org

Weisberg, Gabriel P. and H. W. Janson. Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975. cat. cat. 99

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 330 archive.org

Watson, William. L'art de l'ancienne Chine. Paris: Mazenod, 1979. Reproduced: pl. 389, p. 415

Pearlstein, Elinor. “Pictorial Stones from Chinese Tombs.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 71, no. 9, 1984, pp. 302–331. Mentioned: p. 308, fig. 12 www.jstor.org

Sotheby's, New York. Important Chinese Sculpture Sold for the Benefit of the J.T. Tai Foundation. 3 June 1985. Mentioned: Lot 19 (comparative material)

Sun, 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. 642

Tsiang, 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. 9, pp. 176–177

Exhibition history

Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

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); Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 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).

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鬼神

China, Hebei province, northern Xiangtangshan caves, North cave, Northern Qi dynasty

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