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Guanyin Series #3

MOA: University of British Columbia

3082/5

Watercolour and ink painting of Guanyin, Buddhist goddess of mercy, produced for the lunar New Year. The painting is adhered, below the midpoint, to a long scroll of heavy paper covered in silk and attached to a black wood scroll bar. A brown ribbon is attached to the top of the scroll. Image shows Guanyin dressed in white, grey and blue robes, an intricate copper and green crown on her head, seated on a blue lion with flowing yellow hair. Behind the goddess are two circles containing geomentric linear patterns, accented with yellow and blue.

  • Type of Item painting
  • Culture Chinese
  • Material cloth
  • Measurements height 218.0 cm, width 73.3 cm, depth 4.3 cm (overall) height 84.5 cm, width 47.0 cm (image)
  • Creator Xingru Wang
  • Previous Owner April Liu
  • Received from April Liu
  • Made in Mianzhu
  • Creation Date during 2005
  • Ownership Date before October 27, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on October 27, 2014
  • Item Classes paintings; works on paper
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3082/0005

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