ID: 700009013 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009013	Record Type: Movable Work

Vimalakīrti (painting (visual work); unknown Chinese; ca. 9th/10th century; Musée Guimet (Paris, Île-de-France, France); )

Note: From Mogao Grottoes Cave 17, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Scene depicts the wealthy layman Vimalakīrti, reclining in his canopied bed, speaking before attendees at his forum with the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī. The figure of the worldly sage resonated deeply in China, and Vimalakīrti was depicted or emulated by some of the most prominent figures in Chinese painting history, from (reportedly) the 4th-century painter Gu Kaizhi (ca. 344-ca. 406) to the Qing dynasty Qianlong emperor.

Titles:

Vimalakīrti (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

Le Bodhisattva Vimalakīrti (C,U,French,U,U)

維摩詰經變 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (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: ca. 9th/10th century

Creator Display:

unknown Chinese [preferred]

artist unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

Locations:

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

Repository Numbers: MA 6277

Current: Musée Guimet (Paris, Île-de-France, France) [500275906] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: Ink and pigments on paper

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

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

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 70 × 33.8 cm (27 9⁄16 × 13 5⁄16 in.)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Vīmalakirti Sutra [901001392]
	.....((Named sutras, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Vīmalakirti [901001391]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: acquired by the Guimet in 1997 from Krishna Riboud

Related Works:

	former location was .... Mogao Cave 17 [700008877]
	..........rock-cut temple; N/A; begun 9th century

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

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

Sources and Contributors:
Vimalakīrti	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 34
Le Bodhisattva Vimalakīrti	........ [VP]
	........ Gies, Chine et Asie centrale (1998) 73 fig 19
維摩詰經變	........ [VP]
	........ Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)

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

....................... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) Cat 34

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) cat 34