Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 17
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: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 17 is a 1204 unspecified by Unknown, a ming_painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a line of gods in colorful robes floating on clouds, each holding a different object—a sword, a fan, a scroll. This painting is one leaf from a 50-page album used to teach young artists. The gods are Daoist, but the album also shows Buddhist scenes and battles. Someone in the 1200s probably traced or copied these figures to pass on the style. To see more paintings like this, look up china, southern song dynasty (1127-1279).
