id:			133072
accession number:	1955.49.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.49.2
updated:		2023-01-25 21:00:17.506000

Folio 94, from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and the Rishi Bhishmottaranirgosha (recto); Text (verso), 1000–1100s. Nepal. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.49.2

title:				Folio 94, from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and the Rishi Bhishmottaranirgosha (recto); Text (verso)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1000–1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		237 Himalayan
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Nepal
technique:	gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation – November 2016-April 2017
	opening date:   2016-11-07T05:00:00
	<i>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation – November 2016-April 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2016-April 10, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1955
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1955-
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fun fact:
The name of the pilgrim Sudhana means "Good Wealth," and he wears fine clothes and a crown.

digital description:
The subject of the painting on this page accords with the text in another section of the manuscript. It describes the encounter of the pilgrim Sudhana with a Hindu Brahmin sage (<em>rishi</em>) in the forest, who had reached an enlightened state. Many of Sudhana's teachers were not Buddhist monks, but were "true friends" from many walks of life.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 752
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n136

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 233
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n257

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 233
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n257

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 296
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n316

	Mace, Sonya Rhie. “Clearing the Course: Folio 348 of the Nepalese <em>Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra</em> in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Religions </em>2020, 11(4), 183.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Fig. 15
	url:		https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11040183

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.49.2/1955.49.2_full.tif