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Standing Buddha
Standing Buddha

Standing Buddha

Date12th century
Label TextCarved from a single block of wood, this statue represents a transcendent human figure with a simple robe draped over his shoulders. Special physical characteristics, such as the elongated ears and ushnisha (the protrusion on the top of the head), indicate that this is a depiction of the Buddha.
Object number60.74
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Fall and Winter in Japan", October 22, 2002 - February 23, 2003 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Spring and Summer in Japan", February 28, 2002 - October 13, 2002 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum", 1960 (1960) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (2/05/1987 - 7/12/1987) Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, "Distant Reverence: Buddhist Sculpture from the Seattle Art Museum", August 16 - October 22, 1989 (08/16/1989 - 10/22/1989) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing. Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 36. Foong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 58, reproduced fig. 18 (installation view).
Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund
Dimensions49 x 14 1/2 x 7 in. (124.5 x 36.9 x 17.8 cm) Overall: 49 9/16 x 15 11/16 x 14 1/4 in.
MediumWood
Standing Buddha
Chinese
6th century or later
Object number: 43.15
Standing Buddha
Chinese
ca. 565-577
Object number: 43.99
Standing Buddha
Indian
ca. 8th century
Object number: 68.219
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Korean
9th century
Object number: 52.132
Standing Figure of Buddha
Thai
Object number: 33.674
Photo: Paul Macapia
Thai
mid to late 7th century
Object number: 46.47
Standing Buddha - Udayana type
Indian
ca. 9th century
Object number: 67.8
Indian
5th-6th century
Object number: 2001.1010
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Japanese
18th century
Object number: 40.46
Seated Amida Buddha
Japanese
14th-15th century
Object number: 47.66