Guanyin: Copy of wall painting from Cave 320 of the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang

© Xie Chengshui

Guanyin: Copy of wall painting from Cave 320 of the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang

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Guanyin: Copy of wall painting from Cave 320 of the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang,

ca. 1990

Xie Chengshui 謝成水, born 1950
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2011-54

Information

Title
Guanyin: Copy of wall painting from Cave 320 of the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang
Dates

ca. 1990

Maker
Xie Chengshui 謝成水
Medium
Ink and color on two sheets of paper
Dimensions
221.1 x 86.6 cm. (87 1/16 x 34 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
[Gift of Professor Roderick Whitfield, Graduate School Class of 1965, in honor of James and Lucy Lo]
Object Number
2011-54
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
At right: Dunhuang, Tang dynasty Guanyin bodhisattva 敦煌唐代觀音菩薩 At left: Painted by Xie Chengshui 謝成水繪
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist, "Dunhuang bihua" 敦煌壁畫, square relief at right Artist, "Xie Chengshui yin" 謝成水印, square intaglio at left
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
paintings
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
religious art, women, cave temples, lotus, thrones, caves, figures (representations)

–2011 Professor Roderick Whitfield (London, United Kingdom), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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