id:			150164
accession number:	1980.80
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.80
updated:		2025-06-12 11:11:47.613000

Standing Guanyin, 1127–1279. China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Wood with traces of gesso, polychromy and gilding; overall: 162.9 x 55.9 cm (64 1/8 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1980.80

title:				Standing Guanyin
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1127–1279
creation date earliest:		1127
creation date latest:		1279
current location:		241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
technique:	wood with traces of gesso, polychromy and gilding
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 162.9 x 55.9 cm (64 1/8 x 22 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Inscribed on scarf end:
[for] our mentor Yüan-sheng
[from] abbot-priest Ch'eng-lang, disciple Chin-yen,
and second-generation disciple Wu-huai
(trans. Wai-kam Ho)
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1980
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1980–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 204; Mentioned: p. 219, no. 300
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730

	Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院. <em>Hai wai yi zhen. fo xiang</em> [海外遺珎. 佛像= Chinese art in overseas collections. Buddhist sculpture]. Taibei Shi: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 153
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	Sun, Di 孙迪, editor.<em> Zhongguo liu shi hai wai Fo jiao zao xiang zong he tu mu</em> [中国流失海外佛教造像总合图目= Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections]. Beijing: Wai wen chu ban she, 2005.
	page number: 	vol. 7, p. 1414
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	Elias, Hajni. <em>A Dealer’s Hand : The Chinese Art World through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi</em>. London, England: Scala, 2012.
	page number: 	pp. 57 and 60
	url:		

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