Seated Sakyamuni Buddha
Unknown Artist
500s–600s
Medium
stone
Dimensions
11.4 × 7.6 × 7 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1987.188
About this artwork
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