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Seated Arhat with Two Attendants

Seated Arhat with Two Attendants

late 1200s
(1127-1279)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Overall with knobs: 201 x 75.5 cm (79 1/8 x 29 3/4 in.); Painting only: 94 x 50 cm (37 x 19 11/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1976.91
Location: not on view

Description

Arhat, or Luohan (in Chinese), were the disciples of the historical Buddha. Later tradition tended to picture them in sets of 16, 18, or as many as 500. This is one painting from a larger set, with a seated arhat portrayed on a grand scale, overshadowing his own attendant as well as the ferocious figure who approaches him with an offering of a wild goose.
  • Matsukata Collection
    ?–1976
    Howard C. Hollis [1899–1985], New York, NY, and Cleveland, OH, consigned to Christie's for sale
    June 8, 1976
    (Christie's, London, England, June 8, 1976 sale, lot no. 31)
    1976
    (Mr. J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1976–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Christie, Manson & Woods, London. Important Japanese Paintings, Buddhist Sculpture, and Other Works of Art. 8 June 1976. Lot no. 31. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 46–47, lot no. 31
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 343 archive.org
    Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980. Reproduced: cat. no. 50, pp. 65–66
    Eskenazi, Giuseppe, and Hajni Elias. A Dealer's Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi. London, England: Scala, 2012. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 156–157, fig. 146
  • Chinese Gallery 240a Rotation – August 2016. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1, 2016-February 6, 2017).
    Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).
    Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).
    Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).
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