Object Title
Shakyamuni Buddha
Measurements
66 x 47 x 27.9 cm
Creation Date
13th-14th Century
Credit Line
The Ester R. Portnow Collection of Asian Art, a gift of the Nathan Rubin-Ida Ladd Family Foundation
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/9012/shakyamuni-buddha?ctx=229f0d604f3e0a5c115ad9820449dad673377900&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Said to be ex European collection. Purchased for MCCM by Robert Wazler [Nathan Rubin-Ida Ladd Family Foundation], Georgetown, Connecticut.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - March 15, 2016;
Doorway to an Enlightened World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 19 - November 27, 2016;
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, January 17, 2017 - April 4, 2021;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, August 28, 2021 - Present
Doorway to an Enlightened World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 19 - November 27, 2016;
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, January 17, 2017 - April 4, 2021;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, August 28, 2021 - Present
Publication Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 121.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 2002.