https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/70874/fullWhite-robed KannonImage: 43 1/8 × 22 3/16 inches (109.5 × 56.4 cm);
Overall: 82 × 30 inches (208.3 × 76.2 cm)Hanging scroll: ink on silkAcquired through the Museum Associates Purchase Fund62.3255 c0See Tanyu shukuzu (reduced-size copies of old matserpieces) owned by the Berlin Museum in Kokka 1091 (1986).
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Ellen Avril, Curator of Asian Art, identifies the triptych of scrolls as JAPANESE. Spring 2018Paintings1937564616Unidentified artistJapanThis 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.Muromachi period (16th century)62.3255_c_Disc0415_04156006