Portrait of Priest Dazhi (1048–1116), the Master of Law
1100s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Portrait of Priest Dazhi (1048–1116), the Master of Law, 1100s. China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Hanging scroll, ink and slight color on silk; image: 92.4 x 40.5 cm (36 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.); overall: 171.9 x 55.1 cm (67 11/16 x 21 11/16 in.); with knobs: 171.9 x 60.5 cm (67 11/16 x 23 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1974.29
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink and slight color on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 92.4 x 40.5 cm (36 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.); Overall: 171.9 x 55.1 cm (67 11/16 x 21 11/16 in.); with knobs: 171.9 x 60.5 cm (67 11/16 x 23 13/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscription by Liu T'ao (late 11th-early 12th c.): Dignified with the perfection of the upasampada, His appearance is like his mind; Uncompromising and loffily aloof, His mind is like his appearance. To say he is square, he proves to be round; He looks timid, yet his spirit is unbound. Having no attachment, and holding no reins, Man and deities alike take refuge in him. WKH
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1974.29
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1974, Sources of Japanese Buddhist Art, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c, <em>Nihon bukkyo bijutsu no genryū </em>[Sources of Japanese Buddhist art = 日本仏敎美術の源流]. Nara National Museum, Nara, Japan (April 29-June 11,1978)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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