元 佚名 釋迦三尊圖 軸, Sakyamuni and Attendant Bodhisattvas in a Landscape, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), late 13th–early 14th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 38 x 19 1/4 in. (96.5 x 48.9 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, This painting stands midway between the hieratic icons employed in formal temple ceremonies and the informal images that served Chan (or Zen) monks as personal devotional images for use in meditation. The intimate scale, informality of the figures' poses, and landscape setting link the painting to Chan-style depictions of Shakyamuni—the human origin of the Buddha—as an ascetic descending from the mountains just prior to achieving Buddhahood
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元, 佚名, 釋迦三尊圬 軸, Sakyamuni, Attendant Bodhisattvas, Landscape, Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368, late 13th–early 14th century, China, Hanging scroll, ink, color, silk, Image, 38 x 19 1/4, 96.5 48.9 cm, Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, painting, stands, midway, hieratic icons, employed, formal temple, ceremonies, informal images, served Chan, Zen, monks, personal devotional, images, meditation, intimate scale, informality, figures, poses, landscape setting, link, Chan-style depictions, Shakyamuni— human, origin, Buddha—, ascetic descending, mountains, prior, achieving Buddhahood
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