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Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of George P. Bickford
Museum

Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master

c. 1300s
Medium
gum tempera on sized cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 57.8 x 45.1 cm (22 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
Nepalese Art
Origin
Nepal
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of George P. Bickford

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Provenance

Public
?–1985

George [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to th...

1985–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

George [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public
Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation

Source exhibition text

Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 12-August 29, 2021). Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 239). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2, 2015-April 4, 2016).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Nagarjuna, the Buddhist philosopher from southern India, sits on his eponymous red and black serpents, or <em>naga</em>. His interlocutor may be his disciple Aryadeva. A volume of the <em>Perfection of Wisdom</em>, honored with flowers, is on a golden bookstand between their heads. The figures sit beneath flowering and fruiting trees with peacocks and parrots, evoking the landscape of India. Lineage masters of the Sakya order of Buddhism are aligned in the top row, beginning with Virupa at the upper right. The monk who was the donor of this painting is in the lower left corner.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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