Wang Shuhui
Guanyin
1924
Scroll
Wang Shuhui
Guanyin
1924
Physical Qualities
Ink and color on silk; mounted as a hanging scroll, Overall: 72 13/16 × 19 15/16 in. (185 × 50.7 cm.)
Image: 61 × 34.3 cm. (24 × 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
2023.85
The scroll depicts a female manifestation of the Bodhisattva Guanyin (Avalokitesvara) standing on a lotus, with an image of Buddha Amitabha in her headdress. There is a lengthy red ink inscription in Archaic seal script of a Buddhist text relating to Amitaba’s Western paradise.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2023; Alan Kennedy, Mill Valley, California; private collection, South of France
