Seated Manjusri
Unknown Artist
1700s
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
254.9 × 1146 cm · painting only: 236.7 × 134 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Accession Number
1919.1020
About this artwork
Large-size Buddhist paintings dated to the Joseon period (1392–1910) were once hung behind Buddhist statues, attached to the wall. In the Buddhist pantheon of the Joseon period, Bodhisattva Manjusri appears as a deity attendant to Vairocana Buddha.