id:			162867
accession number:	2003.352
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.352
updated:		2020-07-22 09:01:48.249000

Portrait of Buddhist Monks of Obaku Sect, 1600s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Hanging scroll (framed), ink and color on paper; overall: 171.5 x 99.7 cm (67 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow 2003.352

title:				Portrait of Buddhist Monks of Obaku Sect
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	hanging scroll (framed), ink and color on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 171.5 x 99.7 cm (67 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Artist's signature to the right of the calligraphy:  Written by Nanyue Yueshan.  Two seals:  Yueshan and Daozong  zhi yin.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

	title:		Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2019-08-12T04:00:00
	<i>Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 28, p. 117, color repr. p. 99.

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Maine
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	(Chinese Porcelain Factory, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gow)
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	Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gow, Naples, FL, ?-2003, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2003-present
	date: 2003-
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wall description: 
This painting features 24 Buddhist priests of several generations, all members of the same temple or sect. Not all of them have been identified yet. The priests are depicted with attention to individual features and appearances, dressed in their formal garments. The figure at the top is the senior patriarch, Chinese-born Yinyuan Longqi (隠元隆琦, Japanese: Ingen Ryūki) who introduced Ming dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhism into Japan, establishing the Manpuku monastery in Uji in 1661. The site became a center for the influential Obaku sect in Japan.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chang, Willow Hai. Song of Life: Chinese Art from the Gow Family Collection. Naples, FL: Naples Museum of Art, 2000.
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	Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art : [Exhibition] the Cleveland Museum of Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, 9 June-20 August 2006. [Cleveland]: The Museum, 2006.
	page number: 	p. 117, 99
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