Scroll Painting
Object Title:
The Luohans, or The Eighteen Luohan
Native Name:
Emakimono
Object Number:
C450
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Chinese
Chan Buddhist
Provenience:
China
Maker:
Qiu Ying
Style of Li Gonglin
Period:
Ming Dynasty
Date Made:
1545
Early Date:
1545
Late Date:
1545
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Paper
Pigment
Technique:
Painted
Iconography:
Eighteen Luohans
Kuan Yin
Elephant
Dragon
Lion
Tiger
Demon
Description:
Scroll painting by Qiu Ying in the style of Li Gonglin. The subject is "Eighteen Luohan". The scroll contains many scenes each with several figures and accompanying poems painted in gold on royal blue ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from A. G. Worch
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Lyons, Elizabeth and Heather Peters, Chang Ch'eng-mei, Gregory Possehl. 1985. Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition.
[Book] Getz, John. 1916. Exhibition of Oriental Art. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 190, #44
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