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White-robed Kannon
White-robed Kannon

White-robed Kannon

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MediumHanging scroll: ink on silk
DimensionsImage: 43 1/8 × 22 3/16 inches (109.5 × 56.4 cm);
Overall: 82 × 30 inches (208.3 × 76.2 cm)
CultureJapan
PeriodMuromachi period (16th century)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineAcquired through the Museum Associates Purchase Fund
Terms
  • Paintings
  • Scroll
  • Hanging scroll
  • Ink
  • Avalokiteshvara
  • Avalokitesvara
  • Bodhisattvas
  • Bodies of water
  • Buddhism
  • Goddesses
  • Haloes
  • Kannon
  • Kuan-yin
  • Landscapes
  • Lotus flowers
  • Lotuses
  • Religion
  • Vases
  • Waves
  • Silk
  • Japanese
Object number62.3255 c
Label CopyThis is a centerpiece of a triptych. Kannon, the bodhisattva of Compassion, is seated in a relaxed position in front of a halo within a landscape of overhanging branches and waves. With a serene expression and eyes downcast, she holds a stalk of lotus flower with one hand. A single branch of bamboo in a vase is set on a rock next to her. She is dressed in a hooded-robe in white, with modest adornments. This Japanese painting is set as the main image, flanked by a pair of Japanese landscape paintings of typical Chinese literati subjects.
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