1924.67.3: Fragment of a Wall Painting with the Head and Bust of Guanyin Pusa (the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1924.67.3

Title

Fragment of a Wall Painting with the Head and Bust of Guanyin Pusa (the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara)

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Kuan-yin P'u-sa

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

mural painting

Date

13th-14th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu), Khara Khoto

Period

Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368

Culture

Central Asian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/208625

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Polychromy on gesso ground

Dimensions

painting proper (irregular): H. 21.2 x W. 22.5 cm (8 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
framed: H. 50 x W. 39.5 x D. 2 cm (19 11/16 x 15 9/16 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu), Khara Khoto. First Fogg Expedition to China,(1923-24.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, First Fogg Expedition to China (1923-1924)

Accession Year

1924

Object Number

1924.67.3

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Robert N. Linrothe, "New Delhi and New England: Old Collections of Tangut Art", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, April 1996), vol. 27, no. 4, p. 40, fig. 21
• Karl Debreczeny, ed., Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism, exh. cat., Rubin Museum of Art (New York, 2019), pp. 101-102, fig. 4.12

Exhibition History

• Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 02/01/2019 - 07/15/2019
• A Colloquium in the Visual Arts , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

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