Kwanum

anonymous, anonymous, 1300 - 1400

Kwanum’s enormous size – he is known as bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, or Guanyin – accentuates his importance. Beneath that overwhelming and richly attired figure, the boy Sudhana appears in the corner as a small, humble supplicant. He has come to ask the god questions.

  • Artwork typeAvalokitesvara, hanging scroll
  • Object numberAK-MAK-492
  • Dimensionsheight 130 cm x width 60 cm, height 12 cm x width 67 cm x depth 12 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Kwanum

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-492

  • Description

    Schildering van Guanyin gezeten op een rots van de Potalaka in Maharajalila. In houten doos.

Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: anonymous, Japan
    • painter: anonymous, Korea (possibly)
    • painter: anonymous, China (possibly)

  • Dating

    1300 - 1400

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 130 cm x width 60 cm
    • height 12 cm x width 67 cm x depth 12 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Gerrit-Jan Verburgt bequest, 1969)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; the dealer Edgar Worch, Berlin;{Note RMA.}…; collection Carolina Geertruida Verburgt-Kramers (1876-1968); by whom to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1969;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • Special exhibition, Korean Buddhist paintings of Kingo Dynasty (Korai Butsuga), Nara : Yamato Bunkakan, 1979, cat. nrs. 27-36 (esp. 27).
    • Jaarverslag van de conservatoren over 2014, uit: Aziatische Kunst : mededelingenblad van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 45, 2015, 3, pagina 49-53 - p. 49
    • C.L. Wang, 'True Identity...', The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 66/2 (2018), pp. 100-119.
    • G. Migeon, Musée du Louvre, L'art Chinois, Parijs 1925, nr. 105, pl. 48.
    • Collection Ch. Gillot, Objets d'art et peintures d'Extrême Orient, Paris 1904, nr. 2004 (afb.) : japanse versie.
    • H.F.E. Visser, Kunst uit het Oosten, Amsterdam 1953, pl. 33.
    • H.F.E. Visser, Asiatic art in private collections in Holland and Belgium, Amsterdam 1953, nr. 198, pl. 101, I.
    • Cat. Legaat Verburgt, nr. 1 (Bulletin van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst. Derde Serie 19-20 (1970))

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