Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 25
Unknown Artist
1200s
Medium
Album, ink on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 34.2 × 38.4 cm · painting: 34.3 × 38.4 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange)
Accession Number
2004.1.25
About this artwork
These twelve figures are personifications of the dizhi 地支, or Earthly Branches. Each is accompanied by its corresponding animal in the Chinese zodiac. The Earthly Branches would normally be accompanied by the ten Heavenly Stems, or tiangan 天干, which suggests a missing leaf.