Holy Men Travelling to the Buddhist Heaven

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An ink painting on paper or silk depicting multiple figures of holy men with long beards and robes floating among clouds, accompanied by birds with long tails. The holy men have white hair and beards. The figure on the left floats on a bird with one leg stretched out. The figure on the right sits on a bird. Birds are positioned throughout the upper and lower halves, mostly with stretched-out wings. The background features multiple clouds.