The Five Hundred Arhats
1591–1626
Wu Bin
Wu Bin (Chinese, active c. 1591–1626)
Chinese Art
The Five Hundred Arhats, 1591–1626. Wu Bin (Chinese, active c. 1591–1626). Handscroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 39.5 x 2646.5 cm (15 9/16 x 1041 15/16 in.); painting only: 37.7 x 2347 cm (14 13/16 x 924 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1971.16 Far advanced on the path to enlightenment, arhats have the capacity to tame tigers, free dragons, and to float on water or in the air.
- Maker/Artist
- Wu Bin
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Handscroll; ink and color on paper
- Medium
- handscroll, ink, color, paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 39.5 x 2646.5 cm (15 9/16 x 1041 15/16 in.); Painting only: 37.7 x 2347 cm (14 13/16 x 924 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 枝隱頭陀吳彬齋心拜寫 [印]吳彬之印; 文中父 Translation: Artist's inscription, signature, and 50 seals: Zhiyin toutuo, Wu Bin, purified his heart and respectfully painted. [2 seals] Wu Bin zhi yin; Wen zhong fu. [48 seals on painting] Wen zhong fu (repeated 26 times); Wu Bin zhi yin (repeated 22 times). Inscription: 7 seals of Qianlong emperor (r. 1736–95): Gu xi tian zi 古希天子; Shou 壽; Qianlong jian shang 乾隆鑑賞; San xi tang jing jian xi 三希堂精鑑璽; Yi zi sun 宜子孫; Tai shang huang di zhi bao 太上皇帝之寳; Qian qing gong bao 乾清宮寶. Inscription: 6 seals of Cheng Qi 程琦 (1911–1988): Ke an geng zi wu shi yi hou suo de ming ji 可菴庚子五十以後所得名跡; 5 other Cheng Qi seals.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1971.16
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Restless Landscape: Chinese Painting of the Late Ming Period, Year in Review: 1971, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, The Art of Obaku, Silent Poetry: Masterworks of Chinese Painting, Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c, Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation), <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 10-March 29, 1981)., <em>Chinese Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 21, 1999-April 26, 2000)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 1, 2002-July 23, 2003).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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