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Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 12

Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 12

1200s
(1127-1279)
Album, ink on paper
Sheet: 34.2 x 38.4 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/8 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) 2004.1.12
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

At far left, the God of Wealth Zhao Gongming holds a golden rod.

Description

This section of the Daoist pantheon depicts six generals, five of whom are identifiable by inscriptions. Starting from the right, they are Guan Yü 關羽, Zhang Bo 張渤, a general whose label has been lost, Ma Lingyao 馬靈耀, Zhou Guangze 周廣澤, and Zhao Gongming 趙公明. The generals, clad in military gear and wielding weapons, command spirit armies to intimidate and destroy demons that cause sickness and misfortune.
  • 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
    March 25, 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
  • Martin, F. R. Zeichnungen nach Wu tao-tze aus der götter- und sagenwelt Chinas. München: F. Bruckmann a.g, 1913.
    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: p. 318, fig. 2.45
    Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. Reproduced: pp. 174-195
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