Chinese painting scroll The Cleveland Museum Chouying'Sutra in Exchange for Tea'

Description: Qiu Ying (1494–1552) was a Chinese painter who specialized in the gongbi brush technique. Qiu Ying also painted in the green-and-blue style. He painted with the support of wealthy patrons, creating images of flowers, gardens, religious subjects, and landscapes in the fashions of the Ming dynasty. His talent and versatility allowed him to become regarded as one of the Four Masters of the Ming dynasty.Accompanying text of "Heart" sutra written by Wen Cheng-ming (1470-1559)Wen Cheng-ming's written text of the Maha Prajnaparamita hridaya sutra (Mo-ho-pang-jo po-lo-mi-to hsin-ching or The Heart of the Perfection of the Great Wisdom, commonly known as the "Heart" sutra) is the short form of the original Sanskrit text translated by the Buddhist pilgrim Hsüan-chuang in 649. He wrote in his famous small, regular style (hsiao-k'ai) and signed it: "Cheng-ming, written in a boat at K'un-shan, on the twenty-first day of the ninth month, in the jen-yin year, the twenty-first year of the Chia-ching era ." Chou Yü-shün [Feng-lai] of K'un-shan was a scholarly, refined connoisseur of antiquities. He had acquired the poem written by Chao Ch'eng-chih [Chao Meng-fu] about the exchage of tea for Chao's calligraphy of the Prajna sutra. But the sutra itself, also written by Chao Meng-fu, is lost. He therefore asked Ch'iu Shih-fu [Ch'iu Ying] to do a painting and had Wen Cheng-ming, the artist-in-attendance, write the Hridaya Sutra in the "small, regular" style for replacement. Both works are so excellent that even Chao Meng-fu himself would certainly applaud if he should be reborn to see them. On Mar-13-17 at 16:42:01 PDT, seller added the following information: Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

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