painting; watercolor; bearded man (Deva) on a celestial throne surrounded by clouds and blossoms; inscription on back; 58.7 x 33 cm.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and Older University Collections
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, att.
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Paint (coating), Paper (fiber product), and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Watercolors (paintings)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
A picture of one of the 24 Buddhist Devas (CHU T'IEN). He is either SO CHIEH LUNG WANG or TZU MO LO WANG. Inscriptions red: CHUNG KUNG SHEN -- Divine Empress; SHIH FU SSU -- Rock Buddhist Monastary. The picture probably hung in this particular monastary.