Guaneum (Avalokiteśvara) with a Willow Branch

Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
H 163.8, W 84.3
Korean peninsula, Goryeo dynasty　14th century

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The large figure of Avalokitêśvara is painted seated on a rock by the shore. The child-like figure approaching in the lower left of the painting is the youth Sudhana. Avalokitêśvara’s ample body and the delicate gold patterns on his robes are characteristic of Goryeo Buddhist painting. The inclusionof a Buddha on a cloud at the top of the painting, perhaps Amitābha in a provisional form, is unusual.
Object label

Accession Number	1180-0
Category	Paintings
Bibliography	Worshipping Kannon: treasures from the thirty-three pilgrimage sites of western Japan. 2008, 307,xvp. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of the Nara National Museum: Buddhist Painting. Nara National Museum, 2002, 169p. (Japanese)