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道佛圖冊: 搜山圖冊頁

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Search the Mountain: Leaf 43

1200s
(1127-1279)
Album, ink on paper
Painting: 34 x 38.5 cm (13 3/8 x 15 3/16 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) 2004.1.43
Location: not on view
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Soldiers charging through crevices confront a ram with a spear and put a tiger in chains.

Description

This leaf and the one nearby belongs to a group of sketches with the theme “Clearing the Mountains” (soushan tu). The textual basis has long been lost; only the paintings survive. Here, fearsome divine soldiers fight against evil spirits depicted as animals and human-like creatures in mountains and forests.

At the lower left, a soldier attacks a ram. To the right, two soldiers attempt to subdue a tiger. Three soldiers (one wielding a sword) emerge from an opening in the cliffs.
Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Search the Mountain: Leaf 43

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Search the Mountain: Leaf 43

1200s

China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

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