White-Robed Guanyin, Jueji Yongzhong, late 1200s-early 1300s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtGu
White-Robed Guanyin, Jueji Yongzhong, late 1200s-early 1300s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtGuanyin, 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.Size: Painting: 78.7 x 31.7 cm (31 x 12 ½ in.); Overall with knobs: 164 x 38 cm (64 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)Medium: hanging scroll; ink on paperhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1978.47.1 -- source link
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