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Mahaprajapati or Kalidimu Guizi Mushen (Hariti, Goddess of Easy Delivery, Giver and Protector of Children) nursing the infant Buddha


姨母育佛或訶梨帝母鬼子母神圖卷
Wang Zhenpeng 王振鵬 (Chinese, active about 1280–1329)
Frontispiece by: Cheng Kun 承鯤 (Chinese, 1287–1368)
Frontispiece by: Xing Tong 邢侗 (Chinese, 1551 – 1612)
Colophon by: Qian Weiqiao 錢維喬 (Chinese, 1739–1806)
Colophon by: Qian Daxin 錢大昕 (Chinese, 1728–1804)
Seal of: Zhang Zhu 張翥 (Chinese, 1287–1368)
Chinese
Yuan dynasty
early 14th century

Medium/Technique Ink and color on silk
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 508 cm (13 x 200 in.)
Image: 31.9 x 93.8 cm (12 9/16 x 36 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number12.902
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

ProvenanceZhang Zhu (b. 1287 - d. 1368). 1787, Luo Cho. 1912, sold by Wanyan Jingxian (d. by 1928), Beijing, to Okakura Kakuzo (b. 1862 - d. 1913) for the MFA. (Accession Date: September 5, 1912)