Harvard Art Museums > 1943.57.14: Eleven-Headed Guanyin Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Eleven-Headed Guanyin , 1943.57.14,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204072. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.57.14 Title Eleven-Headed Guanyin Other Titles Alternate Title: Guanyin Pusa [Kuan-yin P'u-sa] Classification Paintings Work Type banner, painting Date dated to 985 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province, Dunhuang Period Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204072 Location Location Level 2, Room 2740, Buddhist Art, The Efflorescence of East Asian and Buddhist Art View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Reportedly retrieved from Dunhuang, Gansu province. Dimensions painting proper: H. 99.6 x W. 62.8 cm (39 3/16 x 24 3/4 in.) mounting overall, including suspension cord and roller ends: H. 153.8 x W. 73 cm (60 9/16 x 28 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Dedicatory inscription inscription: A portion of the long inscription translates: "The late teacher, Yuanman, whose earthly name was Zhang, dedicated this with his whole heart." Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop (1864-1943) purchased from Yamanaka & Co., 1937. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.57.14 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History De Ma, 散藏美国的五件敦煌绢画, Dunhuang Research (Lanzhou, Gansu), 1999, Issue 02, pp.170-175, pp.170-175 Miyeko Murase, "Kuan-yin as Savior of Men: Illustration of the Twenty-fifth Chapter of the Lotus Sutra in Chinese Painting", Artibus Asiae, Artibus Asiae (Ascona, Switzerland, 1971), XXXIII, no. 1, pp. 39-74, illustrated p. 49, fig. 7 Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 24, p. 30 Matthew Brack, "A Technical Study of Portable Tenth-Century Paintings from Dunhuang in US Collections" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2010), Unpublished, pp. 1-60 passim Exhibition History 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/15/2016 - 05/31/2017; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/02/2024 - 06/01/2025 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
