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Accession number
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1983-0125-0-PF
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Title
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TH
ท่านเว่ยหลาง พระสังฆปริณายก องค์ที่ 6 ของนิกายเซน (than woeilang phra sangkha parinayok ong thi 6 khong nikaisen)
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EN
Weilang, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
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Description
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A realistically proportioned, three-quarter profile portrait of Huineng or Weilang, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, painted in a semi-abstract, graphic style, with bold outlines layered over a dilute, dripping paint wash in shades of red, orange, blue, and black. The Chinese characters "Sixth Patriarch" (六祖) are positioned at the upper left corner of the composition.
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Inscriptions
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Titled "ท่านเว่ยหลาง พระสังฆปริณายก องค์ที่ 6 ของนิกายเซน", signed, and dated "19.6.1983."
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Dimensions with frame
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N/A
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Condition
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Foxing. Small tears along the left and right edges. Slight creases at the corners and along the left and right edges. Marks along the top edge suggesting that the work might have been clipped to the artist's easel. Faint brown stains on the reverse due to the medium used seeping through the paper.
