A LARGE HANGING SCROLL OF A BODHISATTVA
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A LARGE HANGING SCROLL OF A BODHISATTVA

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A LARGE HANGING SCROLL OF A BODHISATTVA
17TH/18TH CENTURY
In ink and colour on silk. The painting depicts a bodhisattva seated in lalitasana with the left foot resting on a lotus. The torso is covered with jewels and the shoulders are draped with a delicate floating scarf.
73 in. (186 cm.) x 42½ in. (108 cm.)
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Lot Essay

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

The 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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