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Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 20

1200s

China, Southern Song dynasty

(1127-1279)
Album, ink on paper
Painting: 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) 2004.1.20
Location: Not on view

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Two attendants offer the True Lords covered plates, each containing a miniature reclining figure.

Description

This section of the Daoist pantheon portrays the three True Lords 真君: Tang Hong 唐宏, Ge Yong 真君, and Zhou Bin 周斌, who served as censors during their mortal years. Their loyal attendants help subjugate the figures at the left and are also compassionate to the common people.
  • 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.
    Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art. 21 September 2000. Lot 204. Reproduced: pp. 141-46
    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
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