White-Robed Guanyin with Sixteen Lohans

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White-Robed Guanyin with Sixteen Lohans

16th - 17th century

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese

In China, Guanyin underwent a number of transformations. Around the twelfth century, the bodhisattva merged with Miaoshan, a figure from Chinese popular religion. Known as "The Efficacious Guanyin of Great Loving Kindness and Compassion Who Saves People from Suffering and Hardships," Guanyin became mistress of Mount Putuo of the South Sea. In this composition, she is seated in a cave on Putuo. Sixteen lohans surround her and Sudhana, the young pilgrim standing before her on a stone, pays her homage.

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Object Details

Title:

White-Robed Guanyin with Sixteen Lohans

Date:

16th - 17th century

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese

Medium:

Ink and color on silk; mounted as an album leaf

Dimensions:

8 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (21.3 × 20 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Purchased with Museum funds from the Simkhovitch Collection, 1929

Accession Number:

1929-40-40

Geography:

Made in China, Asia

Context:

Dynasty: Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) - Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

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