id:			99450
accession number:	1919.1020
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.1020
updated:		2023-03-20 10:11:46.627000

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

title:				Seated Manjusri
title in original language:	문수보살도 (文殊菩薩圖)
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	
technique:	hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Korean Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 254.9 x 1146 cm (100 3/8 x 451 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Yamanaka and Company, New York).
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fun fact:
Bodhisattva Manjusri is holding a <em>ruyi </em>scepter to represent ultimate wisdom.

digital description:
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.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kim, Min. “Comparison of Color Features in Buddhist Paintings from the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties [고려불화와 조선불화에 사용된 채색 비교].” <em>Seokdang nonchong </em>(2019): 55-84.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09253223

	Hwang, Kyu-seong. “A Study on Iconography of Three World Buddhas in the Joseon Dynasty [朝鮮時代 三世佛 圖像에 關한 硏究].” <em>Misul sahak</em> (2006): 221-281.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00758415

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 893
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n158

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