ID: 700008995 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008995	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Eleven-Headed Guanyin Standing in a Landscape Surrounded by Selected Illustrations and Quotations from the Lotus Sutra (banner; unknown Song dynasty; dated to 985; Song dynasty, No...; Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, Worcester county, Massachuse...; 1943.57.14)

Note: The bodhisattva Guanyin standing in a landscape surrounded by illustrations and quotations from the Lotus Sutra.

Titles:

Eleven-Headed Guanyin Standing in a Landscape Surrounded by Selected Illustrations and Quotations from the Lotus Sutra (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Eleven-Headed Guanyin Standing in a Landscape (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Guanyin Pusa [Kuan-yin P'u-sa] (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

banner (declaratory artifact) [300195679] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by function>, <declaratory and advertising artifacts>)

hanging scroll [300265079]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>, scroll paintings)

painting (visual work) [300033618]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: dated to 985; Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127

Creator Display:

unknown Song dynasty [preferred]

artists unknown Song Chinese (Song Chinese cultural designation) [500204277]

Locations:

Current: Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, Worcester county, Massachusetts, United States) [500372593] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1943.57.14

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Other: Discovery: Qianfodong [7029798] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	color (pigment) [300264870]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>)

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

Dimensions: painting proper: H. 99.6 x W. 62.8 cm (39 3/16 x 24 3/4 in.); mounting overall, including suspension cord and roller ends: H. 153.8 x W. 73 cm (60 9/16 x 28 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Northern Song [300018432] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods, Song (Chinese culture| style| and period))

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Guanyin [901001278]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Guanyin Sutra [901001371]
	.....((Named sutras, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

Provenance: Reportedly retrieved from Dunhuang, Gansu province Grenville L. Winthrop (1864-1943) purchased from Yamanaka & Co., 1937. Accession year: 1943 Exhibition History 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/15/2016 - 05/31/2017

Inscriptions: Signed: Dedicatory inscription; inscription: A portion of the long inscription translates: "The late teacher, Yuanman, whose earthly name was Zhang, dedicated this with his whole heart."

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Works at Mogao

Sources and Contributors:
Eleven-Headed Guanyin Standing in a Landscape Surrounded by Selected Illustrations and Quotations from the Lotus Sutra	........ [VP]
	........ Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-)
Eleven-Headed Guanyin Standing in a Landscape	........ [VP]
	........ Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-)
Guanyin Pusa [Kuan-yin P'u-sa]	........ [VP]
	........ Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) caption, 17.1