The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
White-Robed Guanyin
late 1200s–early 1300s
copy after Jueji Yongzhong
(Chinese, active around 1300)
inscription by
(Chinese, 1263–1323)
Painting: 80.7 x 25.7 cm (31 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.); Overall with knobs and cord: 168.2 x 44.5 cm (66 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1978.47.2
Location: not on view
Description
The original model for this ink drawing of Guanyin, the bodhisattva of infinite compassion (Avalokiteshvara in Sanskrit), is accession number 1978.47.1. This drawing is a later copy with the same image of the White-Robed Guanyin, but in reverse. The inscription above reads: one of the 84,000 painted by the priest Insei.The inscription seems to indicate that the Japanese priest Insei repeatedly copied the image of the bodhisattva in an act of piety and to accumulate merit, as is promised in the Lotus Sutra for anyone who paints images of the Buddha, they “will achieve the Buddha path.” The priest’s name and seal need further study and identification.
- ?–1978(Yamanaka and Company, Ltd., Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1978–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 8-August 11, 2019).
- {{cite web|title=White-Robed Guanyin|url=false|author=Jueji Yongzhong, Zhongfeng Mingben|year=late 1200s–early 1300s|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1978.47.2