Ink and colour on silk. Depicting, in three rows and led by attendants carrying flags, various officials and some of the lords of hell, each figure wearing official robes and carrying implements. Measure motif 70.5x138.5 cm. Measure with passepartout 77x138.5 cm. Laid on board.
Wear.
From the Collection of Åke Reuterswärd (1884-1973), thence by descent. Åke Reuterswärd was a passionate collector who aquired most of his collection through his brother Thorsten Reuterswärds gallery, the well reknowned 'Japanska Magasinet' in Stockholm.
Compare with a painting of this type sold with Bonhams San Francisco, Asian Decorative Arts, lot 2407, 15 March 2011.
The British Museum, The BP exhibition, Ming, 50 years that changed China. Craig Clunas and Jessica Harrison-Hall. Compare with the set of Water-and-land ritual paintings made for the Baoning Monestary in Youyu, Shanxi, p. 250-253.