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Jul 20, 2007
Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 25
佛道主題畫冊
Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 25
1200s
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China, Southern Song dynasty
(1127-1279)
Album, ink on paper
Sheet: 34.2 x 38.4 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange) 2004.1.25
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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.
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