Medicine Buddha
8th century
Object PlaceKorea
Medium/TechniqueGilt bronze
DimensionsH. 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Width (max): 3 cm
Width (max): 3 cm
Credit LineGift of Edward Jackson Holmes in memory of his Mother, Mrs. W. Scott Fitz
Accession number32.436
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On viewClassificationsSculpture
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ProvenanceDuring the Nara period (710 – 784) possibly taken to Japan by a Korean envoy from Silla [see note 1]. 1908, purchased in Japan by Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913, aka Okakura Tenshin), Boston; 1921, gift of the estate of Okakura Kakuzo to Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 - d. 1950), Boston; 1932, gift of Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1932)
Notes:
[1] Kojiro Tomita, "A Korean Statue of the Healing Buddha, Eighth Century." Bulletin of Museum of Fine Arts, vol. 31, no. 185 (June 1933): 38.
Notes:
[1] Kojiro Tomita, "A Korean Statue of the Healing Buddha, Eighth Century." Bulletin of Museum of Fine Arts, vol. 31, no. 185 (June 1933): 38.
7th century A.D.
7th century A.D.
12th-13th century
19th century
13th century
19th century
modern copy modeled after a 5th–6th century A.D. piece
2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.
2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.
13th century
A.D. 668–935