1924.67.3: Fragment of a Wall Painting with the Head and Bust of Guanyin Pusa (the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara)
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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
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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
- Harvard Art Museums: In Your Hands, Harvard Art Museums and GILES (Cambridge, 2025)
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
Verification Level
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