Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 35

佛道主題畫冊

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 35

1200s

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China, Southern Song dynasty

(1127-1279)

Album, ink on paper

Sheet: 34 x 38.2 cm (13 3/8 x 15 1/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange) 2004.1.35

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Description

This ink line drawing belongs to a set of leafs illustrating the Ten Kings of Hell. The king here seems to render a verdict on four deceased souls: the plaintiffs are an old couple kneeling in the middle and facing the king, the accused are the younger couple to their left. The man of the latter group bares his upper body.

The illustration belongs to a series of 50 ink line drawings that probably served professional artists in workshops as models for mural and silk paintings, commissioned by temples and monasteries.

See also
Collection: 
ASIAN - Album leaf
Department: 
Chinese Art
Type of artwork: 
Painting
Medium: 
Album, ink on paper
Credit line: 
John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange)

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