Barbarian Royalty Worshiping the Buddha
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
painting section: 28.6 × 103.5 cm · overall with colophon: 28.6 × 667.7 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Severance and Greta Millikin
Accession Number
1957.358
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
This painting begins on the right with 15 people following a dignified figure wearing headgear with twin pheasant feathers. He extends an incense burner toward the Buddha, who is seated on his lotus throne and flanked by two haloed disciples and two Heavenly Kings. The worshipers’ diverse physical features, regional finery, and religious affiliations suggest the universal appeal of Buddhism. The imagery was inspired by the foreign envoys who frequently came to the Chinese court to give tribute t...