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ID: 700008866 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008866 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Images: 1 | |
Buddha Amitabha Descending from His Pure Land (painting (visual work); unknown Song Chinese; 13th century; Southern Song d...; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1980.275) | |
Note: Japanese scholars had traditionally attributed this painting to the Song Buddhist painter, Zhang Sigong. The "scudding-cloud and running-water" style of the drapery is a pattern the Chinese used to recall the Indian origin of the Buddha image. The subject represents the Buddha Amitabha welcoming souls into his Western Paradise. | |
Titles: |
Buddha Amitabha Descending from His Pure Land (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U) |
南宋 佚名 阿彌陀如來圖 軸 (C,U,Chinese,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) |
hanging scroll [300265079] |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>, scroll paintings) |
paintings (preferred) |
Creation Date: 13th century; Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) |
unknown Song Chinese [preferred] |
Zhang Sigong (Chinese painter, 10th-12th century) Qualifier: formerly attributed to [500372012] |
artist unknown Song Chinese (Song Chinese cultural designation) [500204277] |
Locations: |
Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: 1980.275 |
Credit Line: Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1980 |
Display Materials: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk |
ink [300015012] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>) |
color (pigment) [300264870] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>) |
silk (textile) [300243428] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>) |
Dimensions: Image: 53 1/2 in. × 23 in. (135.9 × 58.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 95 3/4 × 31 3/4 in. (243.2 × 80.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 95 3/4 × 33 1/2 in. (243.2 × 85.1 cm) |
Song Chinese (preferred) |
religion and mythology (preferred) |
Buddha Amitabha [901001440] | |
.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
pure land [300404618] | |
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts, doctrinal concepts, Buddhist doctrinal concepts) (AAT) |
Provenance: Private collection, Japan (until sale, Sotheby’s New York, Chinese Paintings, June 17, 1980, lot 23, to MMA) |
Inscriptions: Inscription: Artist inscription (1 column in standard script); Artist’s seal |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Buddha Amitabha Descending from His Pure Land | ........ [VP] |
........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) 28 January 2016 | |
南宋 佚名 阿彌陀如來圖 軸 | ........ [VP] |
........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) 28 January 2016 | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) 28 January 2016 | |
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