明 佚名 送子觀音圖 軸|Guanyin the Bringer of Sons
The Met
Artist: Unidentified artist
Date: late 16th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 47 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (120.7 x 60.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 85 3/4 x 30 1/2 in. (217.8 x 77.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 85 3/4 x 33 1/4 in. (217.8 x 84.5 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1989
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A central figure with a child riding a dark, lion-like creature, with clouds and attendants
Detailed Description
A vertical painting shows a central figure riding a large, dark, lion-like creature, set against a brownish-gold background with swirling patterns. The main figure, depicted with light skin, wears elaborate white and blue robes and a tall, ornate crown. They are seated frontally, holding a small, light-skinned child dressed in white on their lap. The dark, shaggy-maned, lion-like creature has decorative red and blue elements around its neck and legs, and its paws rest on white, swirling clouds. To the left of the main figure, a smaller attendant in green robes holds a long staff topped with a banner. To the right, another smaller figure in dark robes kneels beside the creature. Above and to the left of the main figure, a curved chain of small, light-colored, round objects, possibly pearls, connected by blue ribbons, floats in the air, accompanied by tiny, flying figures. The background is filled with large, reddish-brown and lighter brown swirling cloud or smoke patterns that extend across the mid-ground and upper sections of the painting. A narrow, gold-colored border frames the main image, with a decorative band of repeating diamond shapes at the very top.
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