Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 35
1204
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1204
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Kings of Hells: Leaf 35 is a 1204 unspecified by Unknown, a ming_painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a thin black-ink drawing of a judge in flowing robes seated on a high bench, four souls kneeling before him—two older, two younger, one shirtless. This is one page from a 50-page model book used by professional painters in 1200s China. The lines are crisp and sure, meant to be copied onto temple walls or silk scrolls. The scene shows a Daoist or Buddhist king deciding the fate of the dead. To see more drawings like this, look up subject: china, southern song dynasty (1127-1279).
