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佛道主題畫冊

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes

1200s

Part of a set. See all set records

China, Southern Song dynasty

(1127-1279)

Album of fifty leaves; ink on paper

Each leaf: 34.3 x 38.6 cm (13 1/2 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

Location

not on view

Description

This extraordinary album has 50 paintings on a variety of religious subjects. They were likely created by several master craftsmen to share with studio apprentices as models for fulfilling commissions. The Jade Emperor and the Daoist pantheon make up the first 26 leaves. The next 14 leaves portray the Buddhist Ten Kings of Hell administering punishments to the dead. The third section, called “Clearing the Mountains,” features divine soldiers, led presumably by the deity Erlang Shen 二郎神, fighting undesirable creatures.

Provenance
Wang Hui 王翬 [1632–1717]
Li Jiale 李嘉樂 [jinshi of 1863]
Zhu Hang 朱沆 [active 19th century]
1910–?
Dr. F. R. (Fredrik Robert) Martin [1868–1933], Stockholm, Sweden, and Munich, Germany
?–1947
Mrs. L. M. Morris [20th century], England
1947
(Sotheby's, London, sale, 25 March 1947, lot 118, sold to Stephen Junkunc III)
1947–78
István “Stephen" Junkunc III [1904–1978], by descent to his son Stephen Junkunc IV
1978–2004
(Stephen Junkunc IV [b. 1937], Miami, FL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
2004–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Martin, F. R.. Zeichnungen nach Wu tao-tze aus der götter- und sagenwelt Chinas. München: F. Bruckmann a.g, 1913.
L. B. [Laurence Binyon]. "Reviewed Work: Zeichnungen nach Wu Tao-tze by F. R. Martin." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 25, no. 138 (1914): 352-55 Reproduced: pp. 352+354-355 www.jstor.org
Binyon, Laurence. Painting in the Far East; An Introduction to the History of Pictorial Art in Asia, Especially China and Japan. London: E. Arnold & Co, 1934. Reproduced: Pl. VI, Mentioned: p. 85
Sotheby's, London. Catalogue of Important Chinese Art ... [from Various Sources]. 25 March 1947. Lot 118. Reproduced: p. 18, lot 118
Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956. Mentioned: Vol. I, pp. 113-125. Reproduced: Vol. III, p. 86
Zhu Zhangchao, ed. Daozi mobao 道子墨寶. Beijing: Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1963.
Cahill, James, Osvald Sirén, and Ellen Johnston Laing. An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. p. 21
Fong, Wen. Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliott Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University. Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University in association with Princeton University Press, 1984. Reproduced: p. 324, cat. no. 19, fig. a
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art. 21 September 2000. Sale 9476. Lot 204. Reproduced: pp. 141-46?
"Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2003-2004." Archives of Asian Art 56 (2006): pp. 109-32. Reproduced: p. 113, fig. 6 www.jstor.org
Giuffrida, Noelle. Representing the Daoist God Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior, in Late Imperial China. PhD diss. University of Kansas, 2008. Mentioned: pp. 52-58; Reproduced: pp. 317-323, figs. 2.44-2.50 core.ac.uk
Gesterkamp, Lennert. The Heavenly Court: Daoist Temple Painting in China, 1200-1400. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Reproduced: fig. 22, p. 51
Huang, Shih-shan Susan. Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2012. Reproduced: p. 288, Fig. 6.5
Chung, Anita. Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: July 27, 2013-January 26, 2014, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013. Reproduced: p. 23, Fig. 6
Chung, Anita. "Re-emergence: New Chinese Galleries and Art Acquisitions of The Cleveland Museum of Art." Orientations vol 44 no. 8 (November/December 2013): 64-75. Reproduced p. 65-67. fig. 2-4
Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. Reproduced: pp. 174-195
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2004.1