1919,0101,0.52

Description

Scope and content : Ch. 00167. Silk painting with Chinese inscription, representing Two-armed Avalokiteśvara (Kuan-yin), seated, with attendant Bodhisattvas and donors. Date given by inscription prob. October 15, A.D. 922. Painting complete and in perfect condition, with 2″ border and suspension loops of puce-coloured silk. One corner of border replaced by band of good flower and bird embroidery, but from longer piece. Design in naturalistic Chinese style and worked in satin stitch in shaded greens, yellows, greys, blues, reds, and pinks, on dull sage-green gauze over plain silk of same colour, as in Ch. 00348, etc.