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Avalokitesvara

Period:
Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date:
9th century
Culture:
China
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink on paper with added mount and colors
Dimensions:
Image: 15 15/16 x 6 11/16 in. (40.5 x 17 cm) Overall: 21 15/16 x 16 in. (55.8 x 40.6 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
On loan from the British Museum

This artwork is part of The Printed Image in China, 8th–21st Century

This artwork is not on display

  • Description

    Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin in Chinese), the Bodhisattva of Compassion, leads believers to the Western Pure Land of Buddha Amitabha. Here, colors were added to the print by hand. The devotee of this work furnished it with dark blue woodblock-printed mounts at top and bottom to simulate the look of a hanging scroll.

  • Provenance

    Excavated in Qian Fo Dong, Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China by Sir Marc Aurel Stein. Acquired by British Museum, 1919, following excavation.

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