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Source Description
The Buddhist deity Guanyin (Kuan-yin) sits in a paradise that looks exactly like an elegant Chinese garden, with a giant rock, tall bamboo, and a lotus pond. Guanyin ("he who hears the sufferings of humankind") is also the Bodhisattva who stands next to the Buddha Amitabha in the western heaven. Guanyin became the most frequently invoked Bodhisattva (or future Buddha) in China, and women appealed to him for the birth of a son. Here a flask with holy water and willow branch in a bowl stand beside him; a "golden boy" and a "jade girl" pay homage to him; and a heavenly king appears in the sky. The engraving from which this rubbing was made was cut into a stone wall or pillar within a Buddhist temple.
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Document identity
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21984
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The Bodhisattva Guanyin
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21984
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title
The Bodhisattva Guanyin
description
The Buddhist deity Guanyin (Kuan-yin) sits in a paradise that looks exactly like an elegant Chinese garden, with a giant rock, tall bamboo, and a lotus pond. Guanyin ("he who hears the sufferings of humankind") is also the Bodhisattva who stands next to the Buddha Amitabha in the western heaven. Guanyin became the most frequently invoked Bodhisattva (or future Buddha) in China, and women appealed to him for the birth of a son. Here a flask with holy water and willow branch in a bowl stand beside him; a "golden boy" and a "jade girl" pay homage to him; and a heavenly king appears in the sky. The engraving from which this rubbing was made was cut into a stone wall or pillar within a Buddhist temple.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. and Isabel Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland; given to Walters Art Museum, 1990.
date
1592
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CC0
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en
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rubbings
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1
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cm
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113.7
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66.5
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Overall: 44 3/4 x 26 3/16 in. (113.7 x 66.5 cm)
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Chinese
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ink on paper, paper backing
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6238
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