EditorialArtist: Yena Yuanxian, Chinese, active 16th century, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in the White-Robed Manifestation (Baiyi?Guanyin), 16th?century, Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, without mounting: 83 7/16 ? 29 15/16 in. (212 ? 76 cm), Known in Chi...
EditorialWhite-Robed Guanyin, late 1200s-early 1300s. Jueji Yongzhong (Chinese, active around 1300), inscribed by Zhongfeng Mingben (Chinese, 1263-1323). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: 78.7 x 31.7 cm (31 x 12 1/2 in.); overall: 163.9 x 33.7 cm (64 1/2 x 1...
EditorialWhite-Robed Guanyin (Copy of 1978.47.1), late 1200s - early 1300s. Copy after Jueji Yongzhong (Chinese, active around 1300), Zhongfeng Mingben (Chinese, 1263-1323). Hanging scroll; ink and gold on silk; painting: 80.7 x 25.7 cm (31 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.); o...
Editorial?????, White-Robed Kannon, Nanbokucho period (1336?92), 14th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, 44 3/5 x 20 3/8 in. (113.3 x 51.8 cm), Paintings, Avalokiteshvara, or Kannon in Japanese, one of the most important bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddh...
Editorial?????, White-Robed Kannon, Meiji period (1868?1912), ca. 1887, Japan, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, 14 3/8 x 11 in. (36.5 x 27.9 cm), Paintings, Kawanabe Kyosai (Japanese, 1831?1889).
EditorialLight and the Shades, ca. 1870, Watercolor and gouache, sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (24.8 x 18.1 cm), Drawings, Henry George Hine (British, Brighton 1811?1895 London), Probably a design for a print or book illustration, this symbolic image centers on a wh...
Editorial? ?? ????? ?, White-Robed Guanyin, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), late 14th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 36 x 12 7/8 in. (91.4 x 32.7 cm), Paintings, Unidentified, According to Buddhist belief, Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara, in Sanskrit),...
Editorial?????, White-Robed Kannon, Kamakura period (1185?1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 29 1/2 ? 15 3/8 in. (74.9 ? 39.1 cm), Paintings, This graceful frontal view of Kannon (Sanskrit: Pandaravasini) emphasizes the de...
Editorial?????, White-Robed Kannon, Muromachi period (1392?1573), 15th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 32 7/8 in. ? 71 in. (83.5 ? 180.3 cm), Paintings, The painted dragon and tiger, animals symbolic of yin and yang in Chinese iconography, f...