Detail View: The AMICA Library: Barbarian Royalty Worshipping Buddha

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1957.358
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Paintings
Creator Name: 
Zhao Guangfu
Creator Nationality: 
Chinese
Creator Role: 
artist
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
Zhao Guangfu
Title: 
Barbarian Royalty Worshipping Buddha
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Detail
Creation Date: 
10th Century
Creation Start Date: 
900
Creation End Date: 
1000
Materials and Techniques: 
handscroll, ink and color on silk
Classification Term: 
Painting
Style or Period: 
China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Dimensions: 
Overall: 28.6cm x 103.5cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1957.358
Credit Line: 
Gift of Severance and Greta Millikin
Inscriptions: 
Spurious artist's signature: Chao Kuang-fu.2 colophons and 21 seals: 1 colophon and 1 seal of Chao Meng-fu (1254-1322); 1 colophon and 2 seals of Kuo Pi (1280-1335); 1 seal of Yüan Wen-tsung (r. 1329-32); 1 seal of the Li family (Yüan Dynasty); 14 seals of the Ch'ien-lung emperor (r. 1736-95); 1 seal of the Chia-ch'ing emperor (r. 1796-1820); 1 seal of the Hsüan-t'ung emperor (r. 1909-11).Colophon by Chao Meng-fu:Buddha's religion reached China more than a thousand years ago, and his image is probably in every household. Whoever sees him is filled with reverence. Nor should it make any difference whether the painter is ancient or modern. Tzu-ang [seal] Chao Tzu-ang shih. WKH
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CMA_.1957.358det04.tif