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Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 20
1200s
- Medium
- Album; ink on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Painting: 34.2 x 38.4 cm (13 7/16 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
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This section of the Daoist pantheon portrays the three True Lords 真君: Tang Hong 唐宏, Ge Yong 真君, and Zhou Bin 周斌, who served as censors during their mortal years. Their loyal attendants help subjugate the figures at the left and are also compassionate to the common people.
