Bodhisattva and attendants
XIVe siècle
Cartel
- Date
- XIVe siècle
- Période
- dynastie des Yuan
- Format
- Rouleau suspendu (立軸)
- Technique
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 121.8 x 53.6 cm (47 15/16 x 21 1/8 in)
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Numéro d’inventaire
- F1913.65
- Provenance
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Ce qu'en dit le musée
Bodhisattvas are princely disciples of the Buddha who have attained enlightenment but choose to remain accessible until all sentient beings have been saved. They are therefore saviors, unlike luohans, who are protectors of the Buddha Law. In the Water-Land Prayer rite for which this painting was made, it would have been displayed in an upper chamber among the deities, as of looking down at the mortals below.
Notice de National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, fiche de l'œuvre.