Preaching Buddha
17th century
The monumental size, fine quality, and rarity make this painting one of the masterpieces of Korean Buddhist paintings in the U.S. Seated on a lotus pedestal, the Shakyamuni Buddha is preaching the Lotus Sutra on Vulture Peak. He is surrounded by bodhisattvas, guardians, and his disciples.
ink and color on hemp
Image: 136 x 117 1/2 in. (345.5 x 298.5 cm)
Overall scroll: 146 1/2 x 121 7/16 in. (372.1 x 308.5 cm)
Overall height with hardware: 148 1/2 in.
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
45.45
Provenance: Yamanaka & Co., Inc, United States, to 1942; [liquidation sale by Alien Property Custodian, Yamanaka & Co., Inc., 1943, lot 1652]; [Jan W.A. Kleijkamp]; purchased from Kleijkamp by Seattle Art Museum, 1943