Sujet
Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 29, 1200s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 29, 1200s. 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.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F68_448
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NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51,1Mo (4,6Mo) / 37,9cm x 33,8cm / 4480 x 3988 (300dpi)