Luohan Laundering 羅漢洗濯圖

Item

Title

Luohan Laundering 羅漢洗濯圖

Description

(none)

Source

https://asia.si.edu/object/F1902.224

Creator

Lin Tinggui 林庭桂

annotates

Inscription: Yishao 義紹 (active late-12th century)3

Gold ink on silk; lower right. Invisible in normal light.4
3 columns, standard script.
豐樂鄉、故干里、古塘保將仕郎陳景英妻囗廿四娘,施財畫此,入惠安院常住供養,功德
[保]妻囗囗囗囗。戊戌淳熙五年,幹僧義紹題。林庭珪筆。
The wife of Court Gentleman for Ceremonial Service Chen Jingying of the Gutang Guard in
Gugan village, Fengle district, twenty-fourth female [in her generation] of the [ ] family
contributed the funds to paint this [picture] and presented it to the Hui’anyuan [Monastery of
Beneficent Peace] as a permanent offering, that this meritorious deed [may safeguard] the
wife’s….5
In wuxu, fifth year of the Chunxi reign period [1178], inscribed by the monk-incharge,
Yishao. Painted by Lin Tinggui.6
Signature: 義紹
Yishao
Date: 戊戌淳熙五年
In wuxu, fifth year in the Chunxi reign period [1178]
Seals: none

Abstract

(none)

Rights Holder

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer Sackler)

Identifier

F1902.224

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