{"data": {"id": 152022, "accession_number": "1984.70", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Seated Guanyin (\u89c0\u97f3\u5750\u50cf), late 1100s\u20131200s. China, late Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) - Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Wood with polychromy and gilding; overall: 138 cm (54 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1984.70", "current_location": "241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures", "title": "Seated Guanyin", "title_in_original_language": "\u89c0\u97f3\u5750\u50cf", "creation_date": "late 1100s\u20131200s", "creation_date_earliest": 1175, "creation_date_latest": 1234, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["China, late Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) - Jin dynasty (1115-1234)"], "technique": "wood with polychromy and gilding", "support_materials": [], "department": "Chinese Art", "collection": "China - Song Dynasty", "type": "Sculpture", "measurements": "Overall: 138 cm (54 5/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 1.38, "height_inch": 54, "height_inch_fraction": 0.3125}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 309849, "title": "Year in Review for 1984", "description": "<i>Year in Review for 1984</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).", "opening_date": "1985-04-03T05:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, NY, consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, for auction", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "? by 1943\u2013May 1944", "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "(Sotheby Parke Bernet Galleries, New York.  \"Oriental Art: the Entire Stock of the New York Store with Additions from the Chicago Store of Yamanaka & Co., Inc.,\"  Part I. May 24\u201327, 1944 sale. Lot 782)", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "May 24\u201327, 1944", "sortorder": 2}, {"description": "Collection of Baron Jean Germain L\u00e9on Cassel van Doorn [1882\u20131952]", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "after 1944\u2013by 1958", "sortorder": 3}, {"description": "Florence J. Gould [1895\u20131983], Juan-les Pins, France", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "after 1952\u20131984", "sortorder": 4}, {"description": "(Sotheby Parke Bernet, Monaco. \"Porcelaines de Chine et Objets d'art Chinois: Succession de Florence J. Gould.\" June 27, 1984 sale. Lot 104. Sold to J. E. Eskenazi ,Ltd.)", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "June 27, 1984", "sortorder": 5}, {"description": "(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "June 27-September 24, 1984", "sortorder": 6}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "September 24, 1984\u2013", "sortorder": 7}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "After acquisition, the CMA conservator meticulously used surgical knives and etching tools to uncover the sculpture's original polychromy and gilding, hidden beneath layers of protective varnish and paint.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "The South Sea Guanyin was originally seated on a rocky throne to represent the shore of his home in the mythical island of Potala. His right leg is raised, the arm resting on the folded knee in a relaxed position. With an expression of grace, calmness, and compassion, the Guanyin is especially appealing as the \"guide of souls\" who offers hope for salvation.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60740082"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1984.70-seated-guanyin"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Yamanaka &amp; Company. <em>Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art</em>. New York, N.Y.: [Printed by the John B. Watkins Co., New York], 1943.", "page_number": "no. 408", "url": ""}, {"citation": "Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York. <em>Oriental Art, Part I, Liquidation of the Entire Stock of the New York Store with Additions from the Chicago Store of Yamanaka &amp; Co., Inc.. </em>May 24\u201327, 1944<em>. </em>", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 151, Lot no. 782", "url": null}, {"citation": "Wilson, Philip and Alison Brand. <em>Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's 1983-84.</em> London: Sotheby's Publications, 1984.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 385", "url": null}, {"citation": "Sotheby Parke Bernet. Monaco. <em>Porcelaines de Chine et objets d'art chinois: [succession de Florence J. Gould, provenant de la villa a Cannes, el Patio] ; mercredi 27 juin 1984. </em>June 27, 1984.", "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 104; Reproduced: p. 105, Lot no. 1452", "url": null}, {"citation": "Turner, Evan H. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1984.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163\u2013207.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 173; Mentioned: p. 207, no. 173", "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159897"}, {"citation": "Dempsey, James H. \u201cThe Annual Report for 1984.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 4 (July 1985): 242\u2013298.", "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 254", "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159905"}, {"citation": "Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan \u570b\u7acb\u6545\u5bae\u535a\u7269\u9662. <em>Hai wai yi zhen. fo xiang</em> [\u6d77\u5916\u907a\u73ce. \u4f5b\u50cf = Chinese art in overseas collections. Buddhist sculpture]. Taibei Shi: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1990.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 150", "url": ""}, {"citation": "Turner, Evan H. <em>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 185", "url": ""}, {"citation": "Sun, Di \u5b59\u8fea, editor. <em>Zhongguo liu shi hai wai Fo jiao zao xiang zong he tu mu</em> [\u4e2d\u56fd\u6d41\u5931\u6d77\u5916\u4f5b\u6559\u9020\u50cf\u603b\u5408\u56fe\u76ee= Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections]. Beijing: Wai wen chu ban she, 2005.", "page_number": "vol.7, 1348", "url": ""}, {"citation": "Eskenazi, Giuseppe and Hajni Elias.<em> A Dealer's Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi.</em> London: Scala Publishers Ltd., 2012.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 96, fig. 90", "url": null}, {"citation": "Chung, Anita. \"Re-Emergence: New Chinese Galleries and Art Acquisitions of The Cleveland Museum of Art.\" <em>Orientations</em> 44, no. 8 (November/December 2013): 64-75.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 64", "url": null}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.70", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_web.jpg", "width": "579", "height": "900", "filesize": "220476", "filename": "1984.70_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_print.jpg", "width": "2189", "height": "3400", "filesize": "1683879", "filename": "1984.70_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_full.tif", "width": "4875", "height": "7572", "filesize": "110769448", "filename": "1984.70_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "590", "height": "893", "filesize": "62782"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "2247", "height": "3400", "filesize": "781398"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_alt0_full.tif", "width": "4779", "height": "7229", "filesize": "103669128"}, "date_created": "2012-09-27T13:54:50", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_alt1_web.jpg", "width": "586", "height": "893", "filesize": "64580"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_alt1_print.jpg", "width": "2232", "height": "3400", "filesize": "792857"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_alt1_full.tif", "width": "4891", "height": "7449", "filesize": "109342268"}, "date_created": "2012-09-27T15:24:16", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_alt2_web.jpg", "width": "734", "height": "893", "filesize": "73874"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_alt2_print.jpg", "width": "2795", "height": "3400", "filesize": "853318"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.70/1984.70_alt2_full.tif", "width": "4703", "height": "5721", "filesize": "80747376"}, "date_created": "2012-09-27T16:28:07", "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Purchase from the J. 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