Seated Manjusri
1700s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Seated Manjusri, 1700s. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; overall: 254.9 x 1146 cm (100 3/8 x 451 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1919.1020 Large-size Buddhist paintings dated to the Joseon period (1391-1910) were once hung behind Buddhist statues, attached to the wall. In the Buddhist pantheon of the Joseon period, Bodhisattva Manjusri appears as a deity attendant to Vairocana Buddha. Bodhisattva Manjusri is holding a ruyi scepter to represent ultimate wisdom.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 254.9 x 1146 cm (100 3/8 x 451 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1919.1020
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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