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Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper; 119.8 x 62.2 cm (image), 137.5 x 67 cm. 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His brush is pure and has a particular feel of antiquity. It is more wonderful than [the paintings by] Wu [Daozi]. On the 1st day of the 7th month in the 3rd year of the Yuanyou reign, recorded by Su Shi of Meishan.”  \r\n","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Description","textentryhtml":"Portrait of Budai, a Buddhist monk who is said to be an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha. In this rubbing he is shown as a bald portly man with a sad grimace on his downcast face. Wearing a robe open to his round belly, he moves to the left with his left arm outstretched while over his right shoulder he carryies a wood staff and on his back is a large “cloth sack” (budai 布袋) that holds his few worldly possessions. Though poor, Budai is content, and in later times he is often depicted laughing and happy. As a result he came to be known as the “Laughing Buddha” (xiaofo 笑佛), but here he is seen with a grimace, which may indicate that this is an early image of the monk before later representations of him with a happy persona became standardized. Above is an 1088 inscription with the signature of the Song dynasty literatus, statesman, and artist Su Shi 蘇軾 (1036-1101), who attributes the portrait to Cui Bo (11th century). The calligraphy of the inscription, however, does not seem to be written in the manner of Su Shi. ","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1088,"sortnumber":"1958  138y","published_date":"2026-05-28 02:00:12.244584","objectid":57546,"dimensions":"image: 119.8 x 62.2 cm. (47 3/16 x 24 1/2 in.)\r\n137.5 x 67 cm. (54 1/8 x 26 3/8 in.)","on_view":false}