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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST CHINESE, ACTIVE MID-13TH CENTURY. Chan master riding a mule

Chan master riding a mule. Artist: Unidentified Artist Chinese, active mid-13th century. Culture: China. Dimensions: Image: 25 1/4 in. × 13 in. (64.1 × 33 cm)
Overall with mounting: 58 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (148 × 34.3 cm)
Overall with knobs: 58 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (148 × 38.7 cm). Date: before 1249.
Painted in a few swift brushstrokes and deftly applied ink washes, Chan Master Riding a Mule exemplifies the freely expressive manner of Chan (Zen, in Japanese) Buddhist painting, which relies less on descriptive detail than on the capturing of spiritual concentration within the artist to achieve a vivid depiction. Inscribed by the noted Chan master Wuzhun, to whom it traditionally has been attributed, the painting is probably the work of a contemporary Chan artist following the sketchy brush style of Liang Kai (active first half of the thirteenth
century).
Wuzhun, well known for his wisdom as well as for his eccentric behavior, inscribed this painting while he was living at the Qingshansi, a Chan temple near Hangzhou, where he settled after he was rewarded by Emperor Lizong (r. 1225-1264) following an imperial audience. The rider's facial features-prominent forehead, mustache, and wispy beard-are not unlike those of Wuzhun himself, whose formal portrait, with an inscription by him dated 1238, is now in the Tofuku-ji temple in Kyoto. His laconic inscription may also be a self-deprecatory reference to himself:
As rain darkens the mountain,
One mistakes a mule for a horse.

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UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST CHINESE, ACTIVE MID-13TH CENTURY

Titre:

Chan master riding a mule

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Chan master riding a mule. Artist: Unidentified Artist Chinese, active mid-13th century. Culture: China. Dimensions: Image: 25 1/4 in. × 13 in. (64.1 × 33 cm) Overall with mounting: 58 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (148 × 34.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 58 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (148 × 38.7 cm). Date: before 1249. Painted in a few swift brushstrokes and deftly applied ink washes, Chan Master Riding a Mule exemplifies the freely expressive manner of Chan (Zen, in Japanese) Buddhist painting, which relies less on descriptive detail than on the capturing of spiritual concentration within the artist to achieve a vivid depiction. Inscribed by the noted Chan master Wuzhun, to whom it traditionally has been attributed, the painting is probably the work of a contemporary Chan artist following the sketchy brush style of Liang Kai (active first half of the thirteenth century). Wuzhun, well known for his wisdom as well as for his eccentric behavior, inscribed this painting while he was living at the Qingshansi, a Chan temple near Hangzhou, where he settled after he was rewarded by Emperor Lizong (r. 1225-1264) following an imperial audience. The rider's facial features-prominent forehead, mustache, and wispy beard-are not unlike those of Wuzhun himself, whose formal portrait, with an inscription by him dated 1238, is now in the Tofuku-ji temple in Kyoto. His laconic inscription may also be a self-deprecatory reference to himself: As rain darkens the mountain, One mistakes a mule for a horse.

Technique/matériel:

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Période:

Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Musée:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Crédit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Autorisations:

Modèle: Non - Propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image:

2106 x 4556 px | 27.5 MB

Taille d'impression:

17.8 x 38.6 cm | 7.0 x 15.2 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés:

ART ASIATIQUE • ASIA • CHINA • ENCRE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST CHINESE, ACTIVE MID-13TH CENTURY