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Seated Buddha
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Eleventh-century western Tibet experienced a period of fervent reconstruction of Buddhist monasteries following the persecution of Buddhism during the 9th and 10th centuries. Art from Kashmir was avidly collected and copied as part of those reconstruction efforts. Kashmiri stylistic traits, such as the pinched waist and abdominal musculature seen in this rare wooden image, are from that critical time.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSeated Buddha, 1000s. Western Himalayas, possibly Ladakh or Lahul. Painted wood; overall: 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1986.6
