Portrait of "Bodhidharma" · Japan, Unknown artist · ID: 3045530
sold
EUR 800
Size
M: 90 cm x 49 cm
M: 35.4 inch x 19.3 inch
Description
paper / colored, characters, red chop signature, wooden frame
The legendary “Bodhidharma” is considered the founder of Chan or Zen Buddhism.
“Bodhidharma” himself is said to have ripped off his eyelids to be safe from falling asleep during meditation - as exemplified in the “bodhidarma” iconography by the swelling eyes.
In the famous Shaolin Monastery, “Bodhidharma” is said to have founded Buddhist-Chinese martial arts (“Kung-fu”) in 527.