id: 133073 accession number: 1955.49.2.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.49.2.a updated: 2022-03-23 09:00:43.142000 Sudhana and the Rishi Bhishmottaranirgosha: Folio 94 (recto), from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array), 1000-1100s. Nepal. Ink and color on palm leaves; 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.a title: Sudhana and the Rishi Bhishmottaranirgosha: Folio 94 (recto), from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1000-1100s creation date earliest: 1000 creation date latest: 1199 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Nepal technique: ink and color on palm leaves department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1955 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1955- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The sage has dreadlocks and wears a black antelope skin over his shoulder. digital description: The enlightened sage (rishi) places his hand on the pilgrim Sudhana's head and transmits his teachings through a trance-like vision. The name of his teaching is "Undefeated Banner," and the artist has painted an identifying banner behind him, at the right edge. This is one of the few paintings of this manuscript that explicitly relates to the text. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. 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 Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Religions 2020, 11(4), 183. page number: Reproduced: Fig. 15 url: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11040183 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.49.2.a/1955.49.2.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.49.2.a/1955.49.2.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.49.2.a/1955.49.2.a_full.tif