Shakyamuni Emerging from the Mountains
1244
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Shakyamuni Emerging from the Mountains, 1244. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; overall: 166.4 x 49.9 cm (65 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1970.2 The painting was inscribed by the abbot of Jingde Temple 景德寺 of Mount Tiantong 天童山 near Ningbo 寧波.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 166.4 x 49.9 cm (65 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Zan 贊 (encomium) and inscription, dated 1244, and 1 seal of Chijue Daochong 癡絕道冲 (1170–1250). 入山太枯瘦，雪上帶霜寒。 冷眼得一星，何再出人間。 淳祐甲辰八月二日 太白名山 道冲 贊 Translation: Zan (encomium) and inscription: Entering the mountains he was much too thin and withered. The snow is overlaid with frost—it is cold. Casting an indifferent glance, he saw a [morning] star. Why should he once again emerge among the world of men? The second day, eighth month, of the year of jiachen during the reign of Chunyou [1244]. At Taibai Mingshan. Eulogized by Daochong.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1970.2
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1970, The Colors of Ink, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, West Lake and the Mapping of Southern Song Art, Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan, Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16-October 28, 2003)., <em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 244)</em>: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7, 2015-February 10, 2016).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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