Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Not on View

Medium

porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit

Dimensions

overall (height): 25.4 cm (10 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.595

Artists / Makers

Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)

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Provenance

Sir William Bennett [1852-1931]. (Gorer, London); sold 1910 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bennett, William, Sir
Gorer
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Technical Summary

The bottle in the figure's right hand has a broken top, and the index finger on the left hand is missing. There is a square vent-hole at the back.

Bibliography

1910: Gorer 1910, 19-20, no. 62.

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.

1955: Koyama et al. 1955-1958, 217, fig. 90.

1998: Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 204, color repro.