# Assembly of Buddhist Deities

**Unknown artist**  
1846  
handscroll; ink and color on silk  
Overall: 78 x 216 cm (30 11/16 x 85 1/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1918.541. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.541).

## About this work

The central deity in this Buddhist painting is Sākyamuni Buddha, given that he is displaying the earth-touching hand gesture. He is surrounded by several bodhisattvas and disciples. The inscription below, even though partly erased, tells us that the painting was created in 1846 and was hung in the monks’ residential hall.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

An unrecorded Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) artist painted this in 1846. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Handscroll.** Unrolled from right to left an arm’s length at a time, so the picture unfolds like a journey.
- **Ink and colour on silk.** Silk was sized with glue and alum so it would hold a crisp brushline, and mineral colours were built up in thin layers. The sheen of the weave still shows through.

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- Real size: about 31 × 85 in (78 × 216 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 18 × 24 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/494.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/494/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/assembly-of-buddhist-deities-cma-98867).