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Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master
c. 1300s
Overall: 57.8 x 45.1 cm (22 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
Gift of George P. Bickford 1985.186
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The Bodhisattva of Wisdom, who was Nagarjuna's teacher, is in the central 8-armed figure in the bottom row.Description
Nagarjuna, the Buddhist philosopher from southern India, sits on his eponymous red and black serpents, or naga. His interlocutor may be his disciple Aryadeva. A volume of the Perfection of Wisdom, honored with flowers, is on a golden bookstand between their heads. The figures sit beneath flowering and fruiting trees with peacocks and parrots, evoking the landscape of India. Lineage masters of the Sakya order of Buddhism are aligned in the top row, beginning with Virupa at the upper right. The monk who was the donor of this painting is in the lower left corner.- ?–1985George [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1985–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 12-August 29, 2021).Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 239). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2, 2015-April 4, 2016).
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