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Source Description
This plate features an embossed image of the Medicine Buddha flanked by two attendants. The Medicine Buddha, a doctor who cures aliments with Buddhist teachings, is usually represented holding a bowl of medicine in the palm of one hand.
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153761
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Plaque with the Image of Medicine Buddha Triad
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153761
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title
Plaque with the Image of Medicine Buddha Triad
description
This plate features an embossed image of the Medicine Buddha flanked by two attendants. The Medicine Buddha, a doctor who cures aliments with Buddhist teachings, is usually represented holding a bowl of medicine in the palm of one hand.
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676–935
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CC0
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en
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Q79940009
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Metalwork
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 11.5 x 11 cm (4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
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Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)
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1987.59
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embossed copper plate covered with gold leaf
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Plaque with the Image of Medicine Buddha Triad (금동판제 약사여래삼존상 [金銅板製藥師如來三尊像]), 676–935. Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935). Embossed copper plate covered with gold leaf; overall: 11.5 x 11 cm (4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1987.59
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금동판제 약사여래삼존상 [金銅板製藥師如來三尊像]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
The plate was created by hammering softly from the back of the metal sheet. This technique is called repoussé.
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 2 (1988): 30–71.
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Mentioned: no. 194, p. 71
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 36 no. 09, November 1996
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 9
citation
Lee, So-young, and Denise Patry Leidy. <em>Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom</em>. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
citation
Nelson, Sarah. <em>Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla</em>. London/New York: Routledge, 2019.
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 07:56:58.099000
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153761
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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embossed copper plate covered with gold leaf
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