Guanyin

anonymous, c. 1100 - c. 1200

Here the Buddhist deity Guanyin, saviour of people in peril, is represented meditating on a rock. According to legend, he was once found in this position, meditating on the reflection of the moon in water, a symbol of illusion and transience in Buddhism. His pose and face embody inner peace and concentration.

  • Artwork typefigure, sculpture, Avalokitesvara
  • Object numberAK-MAK-84
  • Dimensionsheight 117 cm x width 111 cm x depth 74 cm
  • Physical characteristicswillow and paulownia wood with painting and guilding

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Guanyin

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-84

  • Description

    Houten Guanyin met resten van beschildering en verguldsel. Guanyin zit in een ontspannen houding: één been heeft hij opgetrokken, de rechterarm rust er losjes op.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Shanxi

  • Dating

    c. 1100 - c. 1200

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    willow and paulownia wood with painting and guilding

  • Dimensions

    height 117 cm x width 111 cm x depth 74 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase widow Otto H. Kahn, 1939)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; Paul Houo-Ming-Tse; {Lorne, Lunsingh Scheurleer & Rösch 2002} Edgar Worch; Otto H. Kahn; his widow; from her, $ 15,000, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1939;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • London News, Kerstmis, 1947
    • J. Fontein, Rose Hempel, 'China, Korea, Japan' in: Propyläen Kunstgeschichte Bd. 17, Berlijn 1968, p. 175, pl. 115.
    • Verkregen met de steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt , Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 31 (1983) 3, p. 195-231, afb. 19.
    • Inzoomer object op zaal, 2013 (Nederlands/English).
    • Ellen Uitzinger, 'Guanyin dooergelicht', Aziatische Kunst 32/2 (2002), pp. 21-27.
    • D. Seckel, Buddischtische Kunst, Stuttgart 1957, pl. 68.
    • Kunst uit het Oosten, pl. 27
    • Renée Steenbergen, 'De Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst in het interbellum : Deftige verzamelaars, rijke donateurs en Indische fortuinen', Aziatische Kunst 38 (2008), nr. 3, p. 12, afb. 9.

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