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Accession number
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1985-0159-0-PF
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Title
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Untitled
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Description
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A close-up, three-quarter profile portrait delineated in slender, solid brushstrokes and shaded using brief, broken, dry, textured daubs of ink, depicting the First Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, Bodhidharma, with a cloth draped over his head and a large ring through his left earlobe.
A line drawing of the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, Huineng (慧能), dressed in robes and pictured in three-quarter profile.
Both images are likely based on illustrations from the book 佛祖道影 (Portraits of the Patriarchs).
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Inscriptions
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Signed and dated "1985" twice.
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Dimensions with frame
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N/A
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Condition
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Foxing. Small holes and a vertical fold down the centre. Paper may have been removed from a sketchbook. Slight creases at the top left corner. Faint brown stains on the reverse due to the medium used seeping through the paper.
