Scroll Painting
Object Title:
Luohans Crossing the Sea
Object Number:
C138
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Chinese
Buddhist
Provenience:
China
Maker:
Chiu Ying (uncertain)
Period:
Ming Dynasty (uncertain)
Date Made:
16th century
Early Date:
1500
Late Date:
1599
Section:
Asian
Technique:
Painted
Iconography:
Luohans
Sea
Description:
Luohans crossing the sea. Scroll. Artist: Chiu Ying, 16th Century. Colophon by Wen Cheng-ming (A passage of Buddhist sutra). A separated colophone in the end recording the combination of Chon's painting and Wen's colophone, by Wang Tsung. Inscription in seal script 'in great size.'
Credit Line:
Purchased from M. Knoedler & Company
Other Number:
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Fernald, Helen E. 1922. Handbook of Chinese Paintings in the Collection of the Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 57
[Book] Getz, John. 1916. Exhibition of Oriental Art. : Page/Fig./Plate: 198 no.70
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