Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 16, 1200s
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Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 16

1200s

Medium
Album; ink on paper
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
Painting: 34.3 x 38.4 cm (13 1/2 x 15 1/8 in.)
Culture
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
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)
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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About this work

The upper most figure in the center of the composition is the Heavenly Lord Liu Hou 劉後. He is accompanied by five Field Marshals of the Daoist pantheon dressed in military garb are, from right to left, Yang Biao 楊滮, Ning Shikua 甯世夸, Bi Zongyuan 畢宗遠, Gou Leiji 苟雷吉, and Ren 任.