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Lineage Portrait of Buddhist Monks

1600s

China, Qing dynasty

(1644–1911)
Medium
hanging scroll mounted on a panel (framed); ink, color, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 171.5 x 99.7 cm (67 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow 2003.352
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The painting has remnants of a Japanese mounting, indicating that it was once kept in Japan.

Description

This painting features 24 Buddhist priests, likely of several generations and members of the same temple or school. The priests are depicted with attention to individual features and appearances, dressed in their formal garments. They may represent monks of the Ōbaku school, a form of Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism founded in Japan by Chinese émigré monks and their Japanese followers.
A vertically oriented ink and color painting on paper depicts twenty-four Buddhist monks with light skin tones. One monk sits at the top center above descending rows of four and five figures. All wear red robes over white garments and long prayer beads; many have facial hair and hold whisks or scrolls. A decorative gold border with circular patterns runs across the top of the tan background.

Lineage Portrait of Buddhist Monks

1600s

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

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