Avalokitesvara [Guanyin] with Attendants
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Avalokitesvara [Guanyin] with Attendants
Qing19th century
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Sheet
37 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. (95.25 x 59 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
2011.27.136
Other Number(s):
TN-109 (Chapin No.)
Acquisition Date:
1950
Geography:
Asia, China
Classification:
Fine and Visual Arts
Culture/Nationality:
Chinese
Collection:
Helen B. Chapin '15 Collection
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- paintings - Unique works in which images are formed primarily by the direct application of pigments suspended in oil, water, egg yolk, molten wax, or other liquid, arranged in masses of color, onto a generally two-dimensional surface.
- Qing - Refers to the the culture, style, and period associated with the reign of the Quing dynasty, dating from 1644 to 1911. Beijing remained the Chinese capital and was embellished with large scale, brightly colored buildings in brick and stone. In ceramics, contrasting styles of elaborate, opaque overglaze wares and monochrome wares were developed. In painting, an official academy was established, continuing the traditional landscape style of the Four Wangs.
- scroll paintings - Refers to paintings having a long, narrow scroll format. Term is often used in the context of Chinese and Japanese paintings on either hanging scrolls (kakemono, if Japanese) or on handscrolls (emakimono, if Japanese). For written documents on long, rolled strips, see "scrolls (information artifacts)."
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