Sep Fine Art & Collectibles Sale
Lot 357:
Description
Long:1989cm(783.07in) Width:72.4cm(28.50in)Line-drawing religious figure scroll on silk. The frontispiece bears the title "Hundreds of Buddhas Gathering". The scroll depicts arhats, guardian deities and sacred beasts with steady, flowing outline strokes, inheriting Wu Daozi??s famous "flying drapery" style. Ancient scholar colophons are attached at the end, preserved in original antique dragon-pattern silk mounting. Known as the Sage of Painting, Wu Daozi pioneered Tang religious figure painting. This scroll integrates figure, animal and landscape art, representing precious early Buddhist painting heritage
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