Arhat
1235
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Arhat, 1235. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk; image: 52.7 x 40.6 cm (20 3/4 x 16 in.); overall: 140 x 54.1 cm (55 1/8 x 21 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1979.71 An arhat (Nahan in Korean), an advanced disciple of the Buddha, is represented here in profile with a halo encircling his head. This particular arhat is Segongyang jonja, numbered as the 464th of 500 arhats. He sits on a woven bamboo stool, is luring a dragon into an alms bowl. This hanging scroll is one of only about ten known works that survive today, all of which (except for Cleveland’s piece) are currently preserved in Korea or Japan. This painting that depicts an arhat, a human being who has achieved enlightenment, used to be part of a set of 500 hanging scrolls.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 52.7 x 40.6 cm (20 3/4 x 16 in.); Overall: 140 x 54.1 cm (55 1/8 x 21 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1979.71
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1979, Korea: Bridge of Culture, 日本の仏教を築いた人びと: その肖像と書 (Those Who Built Japanese Buddhism: Portraits and Calligraphy), Buddhist Portraiture, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment (918-1392), Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Goryeo Buddhist Paintings, Korean Gallery 236 Rotation, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 29- December 23, 2013).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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