id:			145409
accession number:	1970.64
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.64
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:27.356000

Frontispiece for the Lotus Sutra, late 1100s. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Handscroll, gold ink on indigo sutra paper; image: 27.8 x 81 cm (10 15/16 x 31 7/8 in.); inscription overall: 27.9 x 1044.9 cm (11 x 411 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1970.64

title:				Frontispiece for the Lotus Sutra
title in original language:	妙法蓮華經序品
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creation date:			late 1100s
creation date earliest:		1175
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Song dynasty (960-1279)
technique:	handscroll, gold ink on indigo sutra paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Handscroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 27.8 x 81 cm (10 15/16 x 31 7/8 in.); Inscription overall: 27.9 x 1044.9 cm (11 x 411 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
	opening date:   1981-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</i>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).

	title:		Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
	opening date:   1991-09-17T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).

	title:		Buddha, Radiant Awakening
	opening date:   2001-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Buddha, Radiant Awakening</i>. Art Gallery of New South Wales (organizer) (November 10, 2001-February 24, 2002).

	title:		Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2019-02-08T05:00:00
	<i>Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 8-August 11, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Elm and Company, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1970
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 340
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n360

	Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 65, cat. no. 49
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	Menzies, Jackie. <em>Buddha: Radiant Awakening</em>. Sydney: Art Gallery NSW, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 157, cat. no. 115
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	Jianyu, Zhang. "Research on Frontispieces of the "Twins" Gold-ink <em>Lotus Sutra</em> Collected in the United States: also on the Cross-cultural Spread and Media Transformation of Buddhist Paintings during the Southern Song Dynasty." <em>Mei shu </em>669 (September 2023): 98-106.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 98-106
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