Sadaksari-Lokesvara Mandala (c. 1475–1525): Art, History and Details
Sadaksari-Lokesvara Mandala at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1475–1525, wood. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Sadaksari-Lokesvara Mandala (c. 1475–1525) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
A quintet of Buddhist divinities are seated on lotus thrones supported by scrolling floral forms. They are carved in relief on a wooden block and arranged diagrammatically. This configuration establishes the icon to be a mandala.
Object facts
- Title: Sadaksari-Lokesvara Mandala
- Date: c. 1475–1525
- Culture: Tibet, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- Type: Sculpture
- Technique: wood
- Dimensions: Overall: 14.1 x 8.7 x 2.4 cm (5 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 15/16 in.)
- Collection: China - Ming Dynasty
- Department: Chinese Art
- Accession number: 1965.336
Collection credit
Gift of J. J. Klejman
Further reading listed by the museum
- Lerner, Martin. “An ‘International Style’ Wooden Mandala.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 58, no. 9, 1971, pp. 269–275
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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