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Shakyamuni with two attendants

Shakyamuni with two attendants

1300s
(1271-1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Overall: 293.5 x 136 cm (115 9/16 x 53 9/16 in.); Painting only: 218.4 x 112.8 cm (86 x 44 7/16 in.); with knobs: 293.5 x 144.2 cm (115 9/16 x 56 3/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1982.25
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This painting was made on 3 vertical panels of silk stitched together. The joins are visible just outside of Shakyamuni's left and right shoulders.

Description

The historic Buddha Shakyamuni is seated on an elaborately decorated pedestal and flanked by two attendants making gestures of devotion. The unknown artist used gold and deeply hued pigments to depict the luxurious fabrics, particularly the golden medallions of swirling dragons and clouds on the Buddha’s red robe.

The painting itself is mounted in a Buddhist style with two tiers of fine silk borders. The inner border of gold brocade on a cream background surrounds the painting. The outer border is yellow silk; decorative silk strips, called futai, dangle from the top hanging bar.
  • ?–1982
    (Fugendo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1982–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55. Reproduced: p. 41; Mentioned: p. 55, no. 128 www.jstor.org
    “Front Matter.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 6 (June 1983). Reproduced: Cover www.jstor.org
    Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea). Koryŏ Purhwa taejŏn [고려 불화 대전 = Masterpieces of Goryeo Buddhist painting]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2010. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 10, pp. 38, 287
    Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art [クリーブランド美術館展 : 名画でたどる日本の美 Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014. Reproduced: fig. 1, p. 26
    Koyama-Richard, Brigitte. Animaux Dans La Peinture Japonaise. Lyon: Nouvelles éditions Scala, 2020. Reproduced: P. 26
  • Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).
    Masterpieces of Goryeo Buddhist Paintings. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (October 11-November 21, 2010).
    Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
    Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 23, 1990-January 13, 1991).
    The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
  • {{cite web|title=Shakyamuni with two attendants|url=false|author=|year=1300s|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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