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Manjushri

c. 1500–1550
Hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The book on the lotus by the figure's left shoulder identifies him as Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom.

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