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Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva with Lion)
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva with Lion)

late 1300s

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before 1888–c. 1945

Reportedly from the Enman-in 円満院 located inside the Onjo-ji temple (also known as the Miidera tem...

after 1945–c. 1985

Private collection, Japan

c. 1985–before 2009

Takashi Yanagi of Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, to Koichi Yanagi

?–2009

(Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Art, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

2009–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Reportedly from the Enman-in 円満院 located inside the Onjo-ji temple (also known as the Miidera temple) in Otsu City, Shiga prefecture, Japan Private collection, Japan Takashi Yanagi of Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, to Koichi Yanagi (Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Art, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 8-August 11, 2019). Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2023-May 5, 2024). Main gallery rotation (Gallery 244), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 11-July 7, 2015).

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This triptych is a rare example of Yuan Buddhist painting. It depicts the historic Buddha Shakyamuni flanked by two attending bodhisattvas, Manjushri (the bodhisattva of wisdom, riding a lion) and Samantabhadra (the bodhisattva of universal virtue, riding an elephant). Below them are others seeking enlightenment: two disciples of the Buddha (Ananada and Kasyapa), two non-Chinese people, a boy with topknots, and a female worshiper. <br><br>The clouds above and around the divine beings form one scene that illustrates Shakyamuni’s sermon from the <em>Lotus Sutra</em>. This text became an important basis for Buddhist faith throughout East Asia and was central to the Mahayana school of Buddhism.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 5 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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