Lot 382

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Description:

A Japanese Scroll Painting of Bodhidharma (or Daruma in Japan), standing barefoot in a robe in the wind. Painted with ink and watercolor on paper, with the paper being attached to a silk backing. Signed and sealed in the upper left. The actual painting measures approximately 50in X 17in. Overall, the scroll measures approximately 75in X 22in. Some toning and creasing.

    Provenance:
  • This was acquired from a Virginia estate
  • Dimensions:
  • 22in x 75in
  • Artist Name:
  • Signature and seal is on the piece
  • Medium:
  • JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING
  • Circa:
  • Early 1900s
  • Notes:
  • Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th to 6th century AD. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Ch'an (Zen) to China. There is little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma, and subsequent accounts became layered with legend. According to one tradition, Bodhidharma gained a reputation for, among other things, his practice of wall-gazing. Legend claims that he sat facing a wall in meditation for a period of nine years without moving, which caused his legs and arms to fall off from atrophy. Another popular legend is that after falling asleep during his nine-year meditation he became angry with himself and cut off his eyelids to avoid ever falling asleep again. According to the principal Chinese sources, Bodhidharma came from the Western Regions, which refers to Central Asia but may also include the Indian subcontinent, and was either a Persian Central Asian or a South Indian. He was the third son of a great Indian king. Throughout Buddhist art, Bodhidharma is depicted as an ill-tempered, profusely-bearded, wide-eyed non-Chinese person. He is referred as The Blue-Eyed Barbarian in Chan texts.
  • Condition:
  • Excellent

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