2 Vintage Jane Gray Chinese Kuan Yen & Chung Li Watercolor Portrait Paintings 24"

Description

Pair of two vintage Jane Gray watercolor portrait paintings of Kuan Yin and Chung Li.

Provenance:
Estate of J. Frederic Gagel, owner of multiple Thoroughbred race horses that competed in the Narragansett Special and Kentucky Derby. Their family heritage was strongly intertwined with the military having officers in battles dating back to the American Revolution.

The name Guan Yin also spelt Guan Yim, Kuan Yim, Kwan Im, or Kuan Yin, is a short form for Kuan-shi Yin, meaning ""Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the (human) World"". In Chinese Buddhism, Guan Yin is synonymous with the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, the pinnacle of mercy, compassion, kindness and love.

Zhongli Quan, Wade-Giles romanization Chung-li Ch'üan, in Chinese religion, one of the Baxian, the Eight Immortals of Daoism. He is a wine-drinking recluse in quest of immortality and often depicted as a potbellied, bearded old man holding a fan with a tassel of horse hairs.

Condition

Good vintage condition, wear and distressing commensurate with age and use, wear to frame.

Dimensions

19.75" x 1" x 23.75" / Sans Frame - 12" x 10" (Width x Depth x Height)