id:			146713
accession number:	1972.160
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.160
updated:		2022-05-07 09:00:27.243000

White-Robed Guanyin, late 1200s. Attributed to Zhang Yuehu (Chinese, active 1200s). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; image: 104 x 42.3 cm (40 15/16 x 16 5/8 in.); mounted: 195.5 x 75 cm (76 15/16 x 29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1972.160

title:				White-Robed Guanyin
title in original language:	白衣觀音
series:				
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creation date:			late 1200s
creation date earliest:		1275
creation date latest:		1300
current location:		
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique:	hanging scroll, ink on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Zhang Yuehu (Chinese, active 1200s)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 104 x 42.3 cm (40 15/16 x 16 5/8 in.); Mounted: 195.5 x 75 cm (76 15/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
	opening date:   1981-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</i>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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

* <em>Chinese Buddhist Gallery Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 10, 2016-August 1, 201).

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PROVENANCE

	(Mayuyama and Company, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1972-present
	date: 1972-
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wall description: 
As an artist, Zhang Yuehu was better known in Japan than in his own country. Here he depicted the great Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin in Chinese), enveloped by the glow of his halo and surrounded by the rocks and bamboo grove of the Potalaka Isle. The epitome of compassion, this bodhisattva is the single most popular deity in Buddhism and holds immense appeal for all Buddhists, including those of the Chan (Zen) sect.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 343
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n363

	Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 66, pp. 84-85
	url:		

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IMAGES

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