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Child-Giving Guanyin,
1862 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Guan Daosheng 管道昇, painter, attributed to, 1262–1319
Wang Zhu 王珠 (unidentified), copyist, active late Qing dynasty
Hu Wannian 胡萬年, carver, active late Qing dynasty
Wang Zhu 王珠 (unidentified), copyist, active late Qing dynasty
Hu Wannian 胡萬年, carver, active late Qing dynasty
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1958-262
Information
Title
Child-Giving Guanyin
Dates
1862 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Maker
Guan Daosheng 管道昇 , painter, attributed to
Wang Zhu 王珠 (unidentified) , copyist
Hu Wannian 胡萬年 , carver
Wang Zhu 王珠 (unidentified) , copyist
Hu Wannian 胡萬年 , carver
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
image: 90.8 x 40.7 cm. (35 3/4 x 16 in.)
112 x 45 cm. (44 1/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1958-262
Place Made
Asia, China
Inscription
Top:
Transcription of the Buddhist Heart Sutra. See PUAM y1958-220 for a transcription of the sutra text.
Left, upper:
Guan Daosheng 管道昇 (1262-1319)
皇慶元[1312]年二月[][]九日吳興善女人管氏道昇盥沐拜寫
“On the [][] 9th day, 2nd month of the first year of the Huangqing reign, the Buddhist lady devotee from Wuxing Guan Daosheng purified herself and respectfully painted.”
Notes:
1. Guan Daosheng 管道昇 (1262-1319), female painter and wife of Zhao Mengfu.
Left, middle:
Hu Wannian 胡萬年 (late Qing dynasty), hao: Dawei shanren 大潙山人.
同治元年[1862]二月大潙山人謹鐫
In the 2nd month of the first year of the Tongzhi reign, respectfully carved by Dawei shanren.
Notes:
1. On the identity of Dawei shanren as Hu Wannian:
(双嘉室的博客 http://blog.sina.com.cn/babafirst)
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_71cbf4520102v8nu.html (accessed 4/25/2020)
大沩山人胡万年小考 (2014-12-03 17:14:36)
屡见清代拓本上有“大沩山人镌”款，但百度等网上却不见资料，现通过考证，得大沩山人即是清代湘籍篆刻家胡万年之号也，以下资料留后人补考：
《湘人著述表》记“《箴言书院记》曾国藩撰书，清咸丰十一年大沩山人刻石拓本。”
又《南村草堂文钞》中所收录的《书陶密庵先生墨迹后》载“……而先生此卷垂一百六十年之久，迂回数千里辗转相贻，若有夙契然，岂非缘耶。因复丐胡湘林上石。湘林为先生邑子，工书，善鉴赏。今年夏为余摹刻蔡忠烈公墨迹，兹复勾勒此幅寿石，何文字缘之深耶。大沩山人案头，当时时有吉祥云拥护之，可敬也。道光丙申冬至前二日，兴化邓显鹤谨识于沩西学舍。”
《杨恩寿集---坦园日记卷一》又记“……道光十四年二月清明日，大沩山人胡万年来游，刻碶于碑侧。”
综上，大沩山人即清中期湖南篆刻名家胡万年。
胡万年[清]字湘林，湖南宁乡人。善篆刻。尝为江督陶澍勒御书印心石屋四字，不溢丝毫，以是名大振。《宁乡县志》
Left, bottom:
Meixian []zi 梅仙[]子 (unidentified) (late Qing dynasty)
我佛菩薩有緣有因
救苦救難化身外身
我佛菩薩惟善是憑
人心向善有求必應
我佛菩薩普濟衆生
消除浩劫盛世清平
我佛菩薩大慈大悲
善男善女至性皈依
我佛菩薩慈念無私
汝能積德錫汝佳兒
Rubbing seal: “Meixian []zi jing shu” 梅仙[]子敬書, rect. relief
Right, upper:
Wang Zhu 王珠 (unidentified) (late Qing dynasty), also known as Xuexiang nüshi 雪香女士
金陵雪香女士薰沐敬摹
“Xuexiang nüshi from Nanjing purified herself and respectfully copied.”
Rubbing seal: “Wang Zhu” 王珠, irregular shape, relief.
Right, bottom:
Peng Yulin 彭玉麟 (1816-1890), hao: 吟香外史, from Hengyang, Hunan province.
南無大慈大悲觀音菩薩往生咒
南 無 阿 彌 哆 婆 耶 哆 佗 伽 哆 耶
哆 帝 耶 佗 阿 彌 唎 都 婆 毘
阿 彌 唎 哆 㗭 怛 婆 毘
阿 彌 唎 哆 毘 迦 藍 帝
阿 彌 唎 哆 毘 迦 藍 哆
伽 迷 腻 伽 迦 哪
只 哆 迦 唎 娑 婆 訶
衡陽彭玉麟薰沐敬書
Rubbing seals:
“Lingxiang waishi” 吟香外史, sq. relief
“Ernü xinchang” 兒女心腸, sq. intaglio
Description
Below a transcription of the Heart Sutra, the robed figure of the bodhisattva Guanyin sits on a flat-topped rock carrying a child in her lap who points and looks up at a flying parrot with a branch in its beak. On the rock behind Guanyin is a small vase holding pure water and a willow sprig. The scene depicts the wishes of parents asking Guanyin for the birth of a child. An inscription attributes the original painting as a work of 1312 by the female artist Guan Daosheng 管道昇 (1262-1319). The image was copied by a later unidentified female artist by the name of Wang Zhu 王珠, or known as Lady Xuexiang 雪香女士, and carved onto stone in 1862 by Hu Wannian 胡萬年.
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