Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva with Elephant)

Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva with Elephant)

典藏者
The Cleveland Museum of Art
This triptych is a rare example of Yuan Buddhist painting. The center panel depicts the historic Buddha Shakyamuni flanked by two attending bodhisattvas. The right panel features Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, riding a lion. This panel, which hangs on the left, features Samantabhadra, the bodhisattva of universal virtue, riding an elephant. Included in the symmetrical configuration are also the two disciples of the Buddha, Ananada and Kasyapa, two foreigners who attend the bodhisattvas’ lion and elephant, and a youth and a female worshiper, all of whom seek enlightenment from the bohisattvas. The clouds above and around the divine beings form one scene that illustrates Shakyamuni’s sermon from the Lotus Sutra. This text became an important basis for Buddhist faith throughout East Asia and was central to the Mahayana school of Buddhism.

詳細資料

主要名稱
Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva with Elephant)
典藏者
The Cleveland Museum of Art
內容描述

This triptych is a rare example of Yuan Buddhist painting. The center panel depicts the historic Buddha Shakyamuni flanked by two attending bodhisattvas. The right panel features Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, riding a lion. This panel, which hangs on the left, features Samantabhadra, the bodhisattva of universal virtue, riding an elephant. Included in the symmetrical configuration are also the two disciples of the Buddha, Ananada and Kasyapa, two foreigners who attend the bodhisattvas’ lion and elephant, and a youth and a female worshiper, all of whom seek enlightenment from the bohisattvas. The clouds above and around the divine beings form one scene that illustrates Shakyamuni’s sermon from the Lotus Sutra. This text became an important basis for Buddhist faith throughout East Asia and was central to the Mahayana school of Buddhism.

Samantabhadra, the bodhisattva of universal virtue, is mounted on a six-tusked white elephant standing on lotus flowers.

物件類別
文物
其他內容描述
取得方式: 

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

取得方式: 

before 1888- c. 1945Reportedly 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

取得方式: 

after 1945-c. 1985Private collection, Japan

取得方式: 

c. 1985-2009(Yanagi Takashi Oriental Fine Art, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

取得方式: 

2009-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

尺寸: 

Overall: 106.9 x 46.4 公分 (42 1/16 x 18 1/4 英吋)

材質: 

絹本

註記: 

Inscription at the bottom of the central scroll reads: "Da Song Fuzhou fu…(Fuzhou prefecture of the great Song)."

類型: 
類型: 
色彩: 

水墨設色

創建時間
創建時間: 
late 1300s
創建時間: 
創建地點
創建地點: 
中國
識別碼
2009.342.3
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