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White-Robed Guanyin

白衣觀音菩薩像

late 1200s–early 1300s

Jueji Yongzhong 絕際永中

(Chinese, active around 1300)

inscription by

Zhongfeng Mingben 中峰明本

(Chinese, 1263–1323)

China, Yuan dynasty

(1271-1368)

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Painting: 78.7 x 31.7 cm (31 x 12 1/2 in.); Overall with knobs: 164 x 38 cm (64 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1978.47.1

Location

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Description

Guanyin, the bodhisattva of infinite compassion (Avalokiteshvara, in Sanskrit), reveals himself in many forms. According to Buddhist belief, one such manifestation is the white-robed Guanyin sitting on a rock on the island of Putuo (Potalaka, in Sanskrit), located along the coast not far from Ningbo, in Zhejiang Province, China.

Here, the figure was swiftly drawn in only a few ink lines. The inscription above is by Zhongfeng Mingben, perhaps the most widely respected and influential Chan (Zen in Japanese) master in the Yuan dynasty. The artist’s signature is a single line below on the left: Huanzhu Yongzhong.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Artist's signature: Huanzhu Yongzhong. Inscription by Zhongfeng Mingben: The right thinking [Samkalpa] is embodied within His deep meditation on the Buddha [naga-samadhi]. Retaining not even one single object of thought, A perfect harmony was wonderfully achieved. In the endless time and space, His all-embracing compassion prevails. [signed] Mingben of Huanzhu paying his respects.

Provenance

?–1978

(Yamanaka and Company, Ltd., Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1978–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Toshirō Ebine 海老根聰郎. "'Avalokiteśvara in White' by Huan-chu Yung-chung 幻住永中白衣觀音図." Kobijutsu 古美術 no. 34, August 1971, pp. 86–96. Reproduced: color plate p. 89 and plates p. 90

Kannon no kaiga: sono bi to rekishi. Nara, Japan: Yamato Bunkakan, 1974. p. 14

Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan. Gendai doshaku jinbutsuga, tokubetsu tenkan. Tokyo: [publisher not identified], 1975. cat. no. 4

Kawakami, Kei 川上涇, Teisuke Toda 戶田禎佑, and Toshio Ebine 海老根聰郎. Ryō Kai, Indara [粱楷・因陀羅 = Liang Kai, Yintuoluo]. Tōkyō: Kōdansha, Shōwa 50 [1975]. Reproduced: p. 117, pl. 90

Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1978." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 1 (Jan. 1979): 3-47. Reproduced: p. 5, 46, no. 140 www.jstor.org

Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980. Reproduced: cat. no. 97, pp. 122-123

Tōyō kaiga no seika : tokubetsuten : Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. Reproduced: p. 49, cat. no. 26

Arnold, Lauren. Princely gifts and papal treasures: the Franciscan mission to China and its influence on the art of the West, 1250-1350. San Francisco: Desiderata Press, 1999. Reproduced: p. 27, Fig. 1-14

May, Elsie D. Our Guardian Angels. Lewes: Book Guild, 2001. P. 5

Watt, James C. Y., and Maxwell K. Hearn. The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010. p. 95, fig. 125

Watt, James C. Y., and Maxwell K. Hearn. The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010. Reproduced: p. 95, fig. 125

Leidy, Denise Patry. "Buddhism and Other 'Foreign' Practices in Yuan China." In The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. James C. Y. Watt and Maxwell K. Hearn. Ex. Cat. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010. Reproduced: p. 95, fig. 125

Little, Stephen. "Chinese Calligraphy." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 9 (1987): 372-403. Reproduced: pp. 386-388; fig. 20a & 20b www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Kannon no kaiga: sono bi to rekishi [觀音の繪畫]. Yamato Bunkakan, Kyoto, Japan (April 25-May 26, 1974).

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 3, 1982-February 28, 1983).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

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).

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白衣觀音菩薩像

Jueji Yongzhong 絕際永中

Zhongfeng Mingben 中峰明本

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