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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

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
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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

Verification Level

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