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Portrait of Guanyin Bodhisattva by Wu Daozi of the Tang Dynasty,
1664 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Ye Chengtiao 葉承祧, copyist, carver, active 1660s
Zuo Zhongyao 左重耀, calligrapher, active 17th century
Zuo Zhongyao 左重耀, calligrapher, active 17th century
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
y1958-196
Information
Title
Portrait of Guanyin Bodhisattva by Wu Daozi of the Tang Dynasty
Dates
1664 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Maker
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
image: 220.6 x 78 cm. (86 7/8 x 30 11/16 in.)
244.5 x 83 cm. (96 1/4 x 32 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1958-196
Place Made
Asia, China
Inscription
Top (title):
唐吳道子寫意觀世音菩薩像
“Portrait of Guanyin bodhisattva by Wu Dazi of the Tang dynasty”
Right:
康熙三年甲辰[1664]重陽，西安太守[终南葉承祧薰]沐敬勒
咸寧令颖上黃家鼎 / 長安令平遥梁禹甸 立石
耀州前侍御左佩瑤藏稿
子貢生左重耀篆
華州文學張世錫勾[碟]
“On the 9th day of the 9th month of the jiachen 3rd year of the Kangxi reign, the Prefect of Xi’an, Ye Chengtiao of Zhongnan, purified himself and respectfully carved.
The Magistrates of Xianning, Huang Jiading from Yingshang, and Chang’an, Liang Yudian from Pingyao, erected the stone.
The former Attendant Censer of Yaozhou, Zuo Peiyao stored the draft.
His son, the Tribute student Zuo Zhongyao wrote the seal-script calligraphy。
The literary talent of Huazhou, Zhang Shixi, ...
Notes:
1. Huang Jiading 黃家鼎 (17th century), zi: Sheng’er 升耳, hao: Yi’an 一庵, from Yingshang 颍上 county, Anhui province. See: https://bkso.baidu.com/item/黄家鼎
Description
Figure of the bodhisattva Guanyin standing on small cloud swirls with hands held in front. Lotus flowers adorn her hair, which at top center has the seated figure of Amitabha. According to the titlepiece written in large seal-script calligraphy by Zuo Zhongyao, the portrait follows a model by the Tang dynasty painter Wu Daozi 吳道子 (685-758). The image was copied and carved into stone by Ye Chengtiao in 1664 from a sketch copy stored by Zuo’s father, Zuo Peiyao 左佩瑤 (17th century), and two men, Huang Jiading 黃家鼎 (17th century) and Liang Yudian 梁禹甸 (17th century), seem to have been the agents responsible for erecting the pictorial stone from which this rubbing was taken. The role of Zhang Shixi 張世錫 (17th century), named in the inscription is unclear. In this rubbing, the area within the outlines of the standing figure are lightly inked. The pictorial stone survives in the collection of the Xi’an Forest of Steles (Xi’an beilin 西安碑林).
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