16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A LARGE BUDDHIST SCROLL PAINTING ON SILK
16TH/17TH CENTURY
Depicting a central figure of Buddha surrounded by four monks and the four guardian kings, devarajas, protectors of the Buddhist law, including Weitou, the keeper of the North Gate of a Buddhist temple and his counterpart Avalokitesvara holding a white lotus spray, the hands in anjalimudra, with six further guardians and devotees, mounted on a later yellow silk brocade
91 in. (231 cm.) x 52½ in. (133.3 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The short inscription, Zhen Xiang Fo Kong Zhang Feng Juan may be read as 'Presented by Zhang Feng (also known as) Zheng Xiang Fo Kong'

Tha name Zheng Xiang Fo Kong is a recorded alias of the seventeenth century Nanjing painted Zhang Feng. The long inscription to the mount on the present lot, may be read as, 'Ming Dynasty, painting presented bu Zhang Feng to a Buddhist temple. Painting of the Supremely Dreadful One bought in Mid-Autumn 1993 in Pingyao, having benefited from meticulous remounting after damage. Treasure from the Collection of Wang Yongning.

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