Buddhist Figures with Two Infants, Song tradition
Buddhist Figures with Two Infants, Song tradition
Buddhist Figures with Two Infants, Song tradition
Buddhist Figures with Two Infants, Song tradition

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Buddhist Figures with Two Infants, Song tradition,

undated

Xia Gui 夏圭, active first half of 13th century
Chinese
Song dynasty, 960–1279
y1946-143

Information

Title
Buddhist Figures with Two Infants, Song tradition
Dates

undated

Maker
Xia Gui 夏圭
Medium
Hanging scroll
Dimensions
Painting: 163 x 95 cm. (64 3/16 x 37 3/8 in.) Mount: 304 x 112 cm. (119 11/16 x 44 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1946-143
Place Made

Asia, China

Marks/Labels/Seals
Six characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
Song
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Subject
figures (representations), infants, religious art, Buddhism, men

1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1946 gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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