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

Work Types:

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)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 13th century; Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

Creator Display:

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)

Cultures:

Song Chinese (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	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