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Hotei (Budai) with Seal of Zen'a

Museum No.
AK673

This work, popularly known as “Slumbering Hotei,” is executed in pale ink imbuing the figure with a tenuous aura. It is designated among the most remarkable works of apparition painting (mōryōga), a designation that refers to this ghostly quality. A gourd-shaped seal reading “Zen’a” is found at the lower right corner.

China-Song-Southern Song,

Title Hotei (Budai) with Seal of Zen'a
Designation
Artist Attributed to Muqi
Category Painting (A), Chinese Painting, Taoist Painting
Country China
Period Song Southern Song
Century 13th
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