当麻曼荼羅図|Taima Mandala
The Met
Artist: Unknown
Date: 14th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 36 1/8 x 28 5/8 in. (91.8 x 72.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 74 1/2 x 36 3/4 in. (189.2 x 93.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 74 1/2 x 38 3/8 in. (189.2 x 97.5 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1957
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Multi-tiered painting with numerous figures, elaborate buildings, celestial scenes, and a large seated figure
Detailed Description
A large, vertically oriented painting features a complex, multi-tiered composition with a palette of gold, brown, green, red, and light blue. A decorative border with a patterned texture frames the artwork. The central image is divided into several horizontal registers and vertical sections, filled with numerous figures and architectural elements. In the uppermost section, a dark sky is filled with swirling clouds, flame-like motifs, and many small figures on floating platforms or clouds, some appearing to ride animals. Below this, multiple tiers of elaborate buildings with green roofs are arranged symmetrically, housing numerous small figures within and around them. A large, ornate, dark brown frame-like structure is prominent in the upper-middle section. The central focus of the painting is a large, light-skinned figure seated on a multi-petaled throne, with a halo, surrounded by many smaller figures also seated on multi-petaled thrones or platforms. Two large, ornate, multi-tiered structures, resembling pagodas, flank this central group. Further down, more figures are seated or standing on platforms, some under canopies, interspersed with landscape elements like trees and rocks. The bottom section continues with additional tiers of figures and architectural elements. At the very bottom center, a rectangular panel contains vertical script that is not clearly legible. The central image is also bordered on the left and right by vertical strips, each containing multiple small, rectangular panels depicting individual scenes or figures.
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