Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Manjusri
- Date
- 1700s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Culture
- Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- Department
- Korean Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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. Bodhisattva Manjusri is holding a ruyi scepter to represent ultimate wisdom.
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