File:China, Southern Song dynasty - Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes- Kings of Hells- Leaf 29 - 2004.1.29 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

Original file(4,480 × 3,988 pixels, file size: 51.14 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)

Summary

anonymous: Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 29  wikidata:Q60480135 reasonator:Q60480135
Artist
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 29
Part of Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
This leaf belongs to the album's second series of narratives, Ten Kings of Hells. It demonstrates a Chinese-Buddhist approach in which the netherworld is divided into ten realms, each ruled by one of these kings. This particular version portrays the king in a benevolent guise, though his identity remains unclear. He holds an ivory plaque, is draped in a robe, and wears a hat that sports two slender side arms—similar to the headgear worn by Song dynasty emperors. A vertical scroll hangs to his left, depicting in the lower two-thirds a rectangular architectural plan with buildings aligned in a symmetrical arrangement not unlike a Buddhist temple or a Confucian shrine. Above, the scene also features a building and could show a specific mountain. One of the Ten Kings is known as the King of Taishan (or Mt. Tai). This depiction would represent a unique treatment of the king, not shared with other renditions of the same figure elsewhere.
Date 1200s
date QS:P571,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Medium Album, ink on paper (fifty leaves)
Dimensions Sheet: 34.2 x 38.3 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Chinese Art
Accession number
2004.1.29
Place of creation 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)
References https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.29 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.29

Licensing

Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

image/tiff

e0c7ba1c868a16bb5ca6ce11d8d7df0f72af83a1

53,620,694 byte

3,988 pixel

4,480 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current01:54, 5 March 2019Thumbnail for version as of 01:54, 5 March 20194,480 × 3,988 (51.14 MB)Madreilingpattypan 18.02
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata