Harvard Art Museums > 1943.57.12: Water-moon Avalokiteshvara (Suwŏl Kwanŭm) 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"Water-moon Avalokiteshvara (Suwŏl Kwanŭm) , 1943.57.12,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/303631. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.57.12 Title Water-moon Avalokiteshvara (Suwŏl Kwanŭm) Other Titles Former Title: Willow-Branch Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kwanseŭm Posal) Seated in a Paradise Garden Classification Paintings Work Type hanging scroll, painting Date 14th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, Korea Period Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392 Culture Korean Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/303631 Physical Descriptions Medium Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold pigment on silk Dimensions painting proper: H. 159.6 x W. 82.5 cm (62 13/16 x 32 1/2 in.) mounting, including cord and roller ends: H. 274.3 x W. 114.3 cm (108 x 45 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1937-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.57.12 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 James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 70-71 Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997 Marilyn Stokstad and Robert D. Mowry, Art History, Pearson Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2008), p. 370, fig. 10-30 Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 49 Dorinda Neave, Lara Blanchard, and Marika Sardar, Asian Art, Pearson Education, Inc. (Boston, MA, 2015), p. 252, ill. 11-12 Kang Soyon, "The Moon Reflected in the Water: The Miraculous Response of Avalokitesvara in 'Water-moon Avalokitesvara Paintings' of the Goryeo Dynasty", The Eastern Buddhist, The Eastern Buddhist Society (Tokyo, 2016), vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 29-55, frontispiece, pp. 32--34, figs. 1a-d Exhibition History The Arts of Korea, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/11/1992 - 01/31/1993 Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/11/2014 - 05/21/2015 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/23/2022 - 12/05/2022 Subjects and Contexts Collection Highlights Google Art Project 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