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Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 18
1200s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This leaf is part of an important album of 50 drawings encompassing three subjects: processions of Daoist deities to the celestial spheres, the Ten Kings of Hell, and Erlang’s Campaign to Rid Mount Guankou of Dangerous Beasts (<em>soushan tu</em> 搜山圖).
In this section of the Daoist pantheon, Zhong Kui 鍾馗, the hero who fights demons, is portrayed with two ghost attendants. One holds a handle at the end of which is a large wheel with drums. Thunder, which drums can evoke, is a theme of many of the Daoist Pantheon leaves in this album.
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- Title: Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 18
- Date Created: 1200s
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 34.1 x 38.3 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: Wang Hui 王翬 [1632–1717], Li Jiale 李嘉樂 [jinshi of 1863], Zhu Hang 朱沆 [active 19th century], Dr. F. R. (Fredrik Robert) Martin [1868–1933], Stockholm, Sweden, and Munich, Germany, Mrs. L. M. Morris [20th century], England, (Sotheby's, London, sale, 25 March 1947, lot 118, sold to Stephen Junkunc III), István “Stephen" Junkunc III [1904-1978], by descent to his son Stephen Junkunc IV, (Stephen Junkunc IV [b. 1937], Miami, FL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.18
- Medium: Album, ink on paper
- Series in Original Language: 佛道主題畫冊
- Fun Fact: Zhong Kui’s bird-faced attendant carries a load of scrolls on his back.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
- 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)
- Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
- Accession Number: 2004.1.18
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