Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff
late 1200s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff, late 1200s. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; painting only: 116.5 x 46.4 cm (45 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.); overall with knobs: 203.2 x 63.5 cm (80 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.41
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 116.5 x 46.4 cm (45 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 203.2 x 63.5 cm (80 x 25 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Spurious artist's seal of Yan Ciping 閻次平 [c. 1163–1189]. WKH
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1972.41
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1972, The Colors of Ink, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan, Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c, Chinese Buddhist Art Rotation, <em>To-So-Gen-Min, II</em>. Tokyo Imperial Museum, Tokyo, Japan (November 24-December 16, 1928)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
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