id: 134789 accession number: 1957.358 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.358 updated: 2023-03-24 11:13:11.926000 Barbarian Royalty Worshiping the Buddha, 900s. Attributed to Zhao Guangfu (Chinese, c. 923–976). Handscroll, ink and color on silk; overall: 28.6 x 103.5 cm (11 1/4 x 40 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Severance and Greta Millikin 1957.358 title: Barbarian Royalty Worshiping the Buddha title in original language: 蠻王禮佛圖 series: series in original language: creation date: 900s creation date earliest: 900 creation date latest: 999 current location: creditline: Gift of Severance and Greta Millikin copyright: --- culture: China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) technique: handscroll, ink and color on silk department: Chinese Art collection: ASIAN - Handscroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Zhao Guangfu (Chinese, c. 923–976) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 28.6 x 103.5 cm (11 1/4 x 40 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Colophon (postscript) by Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322): Buddhism has been in China for thousands of years. Consequently, the Buddha’s image can be seen in every household. Those who saw such images would have naturally shown a respectful attitude. Whether it was done by a past master or a modern version is immaterial. [Signature] Zi'ang [seal] Zhao Shi Zi'ang 佛法入中國千餘年。殆是家有其像。見之者悉起敬心，不當以古今畫手分別也。 子昂 [印]趙氏子昂 translation: remark: inscription: Colophon by Guo Bi (1280-1335): A transcription of Zheng fa yan zang ming bing xu 正法眼藏銘幷序 by Wuwei Jushi 無為居士 Signature: Situi Jushi Guo Bi 思退居士郭畀. 2 seals. translation: remark: inscription: Spurious artist's signature: Zhao Guangfu translation: remark: inscription: 1 seal of the Li family (Yuan Dynasty) translation: remark: inscription: 14 seals of Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-95) translation: remark: inscription: 1 seal of Jiaqing Emperor (r. 1796-1820) translation: remark: inscription: 1 seal of Xuantong Emperor (r. 1909-11) translation: remark: inscription: 1 official seal of the Yuan dynasty, “Tian li zhi bao 天曆之寶” (Treasure of Tianli), Tianli being the reign of Emperor Wenzong (r. 1329-32). translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei opening date: 1959-10-16T04:00:00 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959). title: Man and His World opening date: 1967-04-27T05:00:00 Man and His World. Expo 67, Montreal, Canada (organizer) (April 27-October 28, 1967). title: Chinese Calligraphy opening date: 1971-09-25T04:00:00 Chinese Calligraphy. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (September 25-November 7, 1971); The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (January 6-February 6, 1972); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (March 14-May 7, 1972). title: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting opening date: 1981-02-11T05:00:00 Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982). title: Silent Poetry: Masterworks of Chinese Painting opening date: 2015-11-14T00:00:00 Silent Poetry: Masterworks of Chinese Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 14, 2015-April 24, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * 1000 Jahre. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (October 16-December 13, 1959). * Chinese Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1960). * Man and His World [= Terre Des Hommes]. International Fine Arts Exhibition, EXPO, Montreal, Canada (April 28-October 27, 1967). * Chinese Calligraphy. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (September 25-November 7, 1971). --- PROVENANCE Daoist Wukeliao 無可了道人 [1300s] date: 1300s footnotes: citations: Yuan imperial collection (seal of Emperor Wenzong, Tianli era [1328–30]), Beijing, China date: c. 1328-30 footnotes: citations: Qing imperial collection (seals of Emperors Qianlong [r. 1736–1795], Jiaqing [r. 1796–1820], and Xuantong [r. 1909–1911]), Beijing, China date: c. 1736-1911 footnotes: citations: (Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007], New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin) date: ?-1957 footnotes: citations: Mr. Severance A. Millikin [1895-1985] and Mrs. Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1957 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1957- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. page number: p. 29 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 852 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n150 Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959. page number: cat. no. 8 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 258 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n282 National Gallery of Canada, and Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau). Terre Des Hommes: Exposition Internationale Des Beaux-Arts, 28 Avril-27 Octobre 1967 [= Man and His World, International Fine Arts Exhibition, Expo 67, Montreal, Canada, 28 April-27 October 1967]. Montréal: Expo 67, 1967. page number: cat. no. 168 url: Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968. page number: cat. no. 275 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 258 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n282 Zeng Ecke, Youhe. Chinese Calligraphy. [Philadelphia]: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971. page number: cat. no. 36 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 340 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n360 Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 46, p. 60 url: Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. page number: p. 29 url: Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. page number: Mentioned: p. 29 url: Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. page number: p. 29 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.358/1957.358_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.358/1957.358_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.358/1957.358_full.tif