Scene from the Chinese folk epic "The Journey to the West" · China · ID: 3046330

Name: Scene from the Chinese folk epic "The Journey to the West"
SKU: 3046330
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

M: 51 cm x 36,5 cm/ 72 cm x 55,5 cm

M: 20.1 inch x 14.4 inch/ 28.3 inch x 21.9 inch

Description

ink/ coloured, on paper, passpartout (yellowed and slightly stained), stamped in picture “15 Nov (19)02 Pekin Chine” at top right, glazed/ framed

The painting shows the monk “Tang Seng”, who is accompanied by three persons: the monkey king “Sun Wukong” (one of the most famous mythical creatures in China), “Zhu Bajie” (mixed creature of pig and man) and “Sha Wujing” (a water- or semidemon).

The novel “The Journey to the West”, written in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty, is one of the four classic novels of Chinese literature. It tells the story of a monk’s journey to the “Western Regions”, that is, Central Asia and India, to obtain Buddhist sacred texts (“sutras”) and bring them to China.

The object Scene from the Chinese folk epic “The Journey to the West” with the object ID 3046330 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 6.

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