Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Arhat with Two Attendants
- Date
- late 1200s
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Culture
- South China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 148852
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Arhat, or Lohan (羅漢 in Chinese), were the disciples of the historical Buddha. Later tradition tended to picture them in sets of 16, 18, or as many as 500. This is one painting from a larger set, with a seated arhat portrayed on a grand scale, overshadowing his own attendant as well as the ferocious figure who approaches him with an offering of a peacock. The arhat holds a rolled up scroll, likely a sutra, and is seated before a standing screen decorated with a landscape painting.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- Matsukata Collection | ?–1976: Howard C. Hollis [1899–1985], New York, NY, and Cleveland, OH, consigned to Christie's for sale | June 8, 1976: (Christie's, London, England, June 8, 1976 sale, lot no. 31) | 1976: (Mr. J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1976–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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