id: 98867 accession number: 1918.541 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.541 updated: 2020-12-15 10:00:06.443000 Assembly of Buddhist Deities, 1846. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Handscroll; ink and color on silk; overall: 78 x 216 cm (30 11/16 x 85 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Director's Contingent Fund 1918.541 title: Assembly of Buddhist Deities title in original language: 석가모니설법도 (釋迦牟尼說法圖) series: series in original language: creation date: 1846 creation date earliest: 1846 creation date latest: 1846 current location: creditline: Director's Contingent Fund copyright: --- culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) technique: handscroll; ink and color on silk department: Korean Art collection: ASIAN - Handscroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 78 x 216 cm (30 11/16 x 85 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Inscription dated 1846. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Purchased by Langdon Warner [1881-1955], as agent of the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1918 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1918- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The inscription below, even though partly erased, tells us that the painting was hung in the monks’ residential hall. digital description: The central deity in this Buddhist painting is Sākyamuni Buddha, given that he is displaying the earth-touching hand gesture. He is surrounded by several bodhisattvas and disciples. The inscription below, even though partly erased, tells us that the painting was created in 1846 and was hung in the monks’ residential hall. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cunningham, Michael R. "The Korean Art Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Early Years," Korean Culture [= Hanʼguk munhwa] 17, no. 2 (Summer 1986). page number: p. 27 url: Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014. page number: url: Yi, Yong-yoon. “Bokjang Dedicated to Buddhist Paintings of the Late Joseon Period [조선후기 佛畵의 腹藏 연구].” Misulsahak yeongu (2016): 121-154. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE06649823 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.541/1918.541_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.541/1918.541_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.541/1918.541_full.tif