Buddha's Conversion of Five Bhiksu
mid-1300s
Li Sheng
Li Sheng (Chinese, active c. 1324-after 1375)
Chinese Art
Buddha's Conversion of Five Bhiksu, mid-1300s. Li Sheng (Chinese, active c. 1324-after 1375). Handscroll, ink on paper; painting only: 26.7 x 110.5 cm (10 1/2 x 43 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.92
- Maker/Artist
- Li Sheng
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- handscroll, ink on paper
- Medium
- handscroll, ink, paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 26.7 x 110.5 cm (10 1/2 x 43 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 紫篔生李升識 [印] 李氏子雲 Translation: Artist's signature and seal: Zi yun sheng, Li Sheng signed. [seal] Li shi zi yun. Inscription: 4 colophons and 12 additional seals: The "Heart" Sutra (Maha Prajnaparamita) text written by Wu Yuqing 吳餘慶 (early 15th c.); 2 seals of Xu Qianxue 徐乾學 (1631-1694); 3 colophons, one dated 1929 and two dated 1936, and 9 seals of Wu Hufan 吳湖帆 (1894–1968); 1 colophon, dated 1932, of Chen Dingshan; 1 seal unidentified.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1997.92
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Exhibitions
- The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection, <em>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968)., <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 22-October 26, 2003).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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