Paradise of Maitreya

Artist Zhu Haogu created the Paradise of Maitreya wall painting during China’s Yuan Dynasty. The painting was originally housed in the Xinghua Si Temple of Xiaoning, Shanxi. During the 1920s and 1930s, it was disassembled and moved to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) of Toronto, Canada, where it remains today. Museum officials have undertaken a series of restorations to preserve and stabilize the painting. Currently, it can be found in the museum’s Bishop White Gallery of Chinese Temple Art as part of the Far Eastern Collection and is described as one of its must-see Iconic Objects.

Paradise of Maitreya

Artist Zhu Haogu created the Paradise of Maitreya wall painting during China’s Yuan Dynasty. The painting was originally housed in the Xinghua Si Temple of Xiaoning, Shanxi. During the 1920s and 1930s, it was disassembled and moved to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) of Toronto, Canada, where it remains today. Museum officials have undertaken a series of restorations to preserve and stabilize the painting. Currently, it can be found in the museum’s Bishop White Gallery of Chinese Temple Art as part of the Far Eastern Collection and is described as one of its must-see Iconic Objects.