id: 147008
accession number: 1972.41
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Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff, late 1200s. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; painting only: 116.5 x 46.4 cm (45 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.); overall with knobs: 203.2 x 63.5 cm (80 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.41
title: Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff
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creation date: late 1200s
creation date earliest: 1275
creation date latest: 1299
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: China, Song dynasty (960-1279)
technique: Hanging scroll; ink on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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measurements: Painting only: 116.5 x 46.4 cm (45 7/8 x 18 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 203.2 x 63.5 cm (80 x 25 in.)
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inscription: Spurious artist's seal of Yan Ciping 閻次平 [c. 1163–1189].
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1972
opening date: 1973-02-27T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
title: The Colors of Ink
opening date: 1974-01-10T04:00:00
The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).
title: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
opening date: 1981-02-11T05:00:00
Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. 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
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
title: Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan
opening date: 2007-03-22T00:00:00
Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan. Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (March 22-June 17, 2007).
title: Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
opening date: 2017-08-14T04:00:00
Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 14, 2017-February 5, 2018).
title: Chinese Buddhist Art Rotation
opening date: 2022-11-04T04:00:00
Chinese Buddhist Art Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 11, 2022-May 7, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'To-So-Gen-Min, II. Tokyo Imperial Museum, Tokyo, Japan (November 24-December 16, 1928).', 'opening_date': '1928-11-24T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2003-10-29T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
(Kuniyoshi Miura, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1972
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1972–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
To-So Gen-Min meigwa tai kwan 唐宋元明名畫大觀. Tōkyō: Ōtsuka Kōgeisha, 1930.
page number: vol. I, 72
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Okada, Saburōsuke 岡田三郎助, Rinpū Sasagawa 笹川臨風, and Yoneame Iizuka 飯塚米雨. Nihonga taisei 日本畫大成. Tōkyō: Tōhō Shoin, 1931.
page number: Reproduced: pt. II, vol. L, pl. 52
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Harada, Kinjirō 原田謹次郎. Shina meiga hōkan [支那名畫寶鑒 = The pageant of Chinese painting]. Tōkyō: Ōtsuka Kōgeisha, 1936.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 136
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Harada, Kinjirō 原田謹次郎. Nihon genzai Shina meiga mokuroku 日本現在支那名畫目錄. Tōkyō: Ōtsuka Kōgeisha, 1938.
page number: p. 40
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Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
page number: Mentioned: vol. II, Lists, 89
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Lee, Sherman E. “Zen in Art: Art in Zen.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 59, no. 9, 1972, pp. 239–259.
page number: Reproduced: p. 241, figs. 4, 4a
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152451
Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.
page number: cat. no. 9
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Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 64, p. 83
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Buswell, Robert E. Encyclopedia of Buddhism. New York: Macmillan Reference, USA, 2004.
page number: Reproduced: Vol 1, A-L, p. 128
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Toda, Teisuke 戸田 禎佑. Mokkei gyokukan 牧谿・玉澗. Tōkyō: Kōdansha,1973.
page number: Reproduced: p. 175, pl. 102
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