1919,0101,0.168

Description

Scope and content : Paper painting, bottom and R. side lost, showing pilgrim or hermit walking L. accompanied by tiger. Cf. same subject in Ch. 0037 (a). Hermit here represented as extremely wrinkled old man with shaggy eyebrows, deeply sunken eyes and cheeks. With R. hand he leans upon staff; in L. he carries stout fly-whisk. He wears sandals, long spotted trousers, tunic reaching to knees; over it shorter spotted tunic with long sleeves, tied by girdle round waist. On head mushroom hat over skull-cap, tied under chin by scarlet bands. On his back bundle of manuscript rolls tied in cover and slung by chain to thorny branch above. Attachment of branch to his person not clear, but it is evidently part of his equipment. On his further side stands tiger, with threatening expression and open jaws. Both figs. stand on cloud of dark red fire; on another in L. upper corner seated Buddha. Paint used for these cloud scrolls has destroyed paper, and this accounts for lost parts of picture. On L. edge two blank cartouches, for inscr.