Harvard Art Museums > 1925.12: Guanyin Attended by Two Donors 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"Guanyin Attended by Two Donors , 1925.12,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/209172. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1925.12 Title Guanyin Attended by Two Donors Other Titles Alternate Title: Guanyin Pusa [Kuan-yin P'u-sa] Classification Paintings Work Type painting, banner Date c. 9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province, Dunhuang Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/209172 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 Banner; ink and color on silk. Reportedly retrieved from Dunhuang, Gansu province. Dimensions H. 95.3 x W. 61.8 cm (37 1/2 x 24 5/16 in.) Frame: H. 138.4 x W. 80 x D. 3.7 cm (54 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Second Fogg Expedition to China Fund Accession Year 1925 Object Number 1925.12 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions 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 Larry David Perkins, Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art through the Ages, exh. cat., Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (Gainesville, FL, 2000), p. 29, fig. 31 Jingxian Wang and Qing Chang, "On the Guiding (Yinlu) Bodhisattva Paintings from Cave 17 of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang and Religious Thoughts of the Held Incense Burner", CAVE TEMPLES STUDIES No.13 (Beijing, October 2022), p. 92, fig. 8 Exhibition History The Story of the Painting: A Korean Buddhist Treasure from the Mary and Jackson, Asia Society Galleries, New York, 04/22/1991 - 07/28/1991 Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainsville, 07/16/2000 - 01/14/2001 Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, Asia Society Museum, New York, 03/16/2010 - 06/20/2010 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
