Frontispiece of the Qisha Tripitaka by Chen Sheng; Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, circa 1231–1322
Print on paper
Chen Sheng
CHINA; Southern Song to Yuan dynasty
Chen Sheng was a painter and woodblock carver who excelled in painting horses and Buddhist images. His works include the Frontispiece of the Qisha Tripitaka. The Qisha Tripitaka was printed between 1231 and 1322. The magnificent, elegant, and well-composed print shows a multitude of characters with varying facial expressions and postures depicted in exceedingly fine lines. The frontispiece, now kept in the Shaanxi Provincial Library in Xi’an, is a fine example of woodblock printing from the early Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 21.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Chen Sheng." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 21.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Chen Sheng" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:21.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Chen Sheng. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 21).
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