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This kneeling monster from the cave-temple complex at Xiangtangshan was originally placed below some wall niches on the perimeter. With its grotesque face and body, it is among the most imaginative sculptures of the period.
The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
Overall: 75 x 636 公分 (29 1/2 x 25 1/16 英吋)
石灰石
至正二十六年1366）正月望後廬山汝言為思齊斷事寫羅浮山樵圖。
Artist's inscription:
In the twenty-sixth year of Zhizheng [1366], the first month after the fifteenth day, Chen Ruyan of Lushan painted this Woodcutter of Mount Luofu for Siqi, the Judge.
2 colophons and 18 additional seals: 5 seals of Wang Shimin 王時敏 1592-1680)
2 seals of Gong Xianglin 龔翔麟 1658-1733)
1 colophon, dated 1684, of Yan Shengsun 嚴繩孫 1623-1702)
1 colophon and 1 seal of Huang Ren 1683-1768)
2 seals of Lu Shusheng 陸樹聲 3rd son of Lu Xinyuan 陸心源)
2 seals of T'ao Kuang
1 seal of Tan Jing 譚敬 20th c.)
3 seals of Zhang Heng 張珩 1915-1963)
2 seals unidentified.
