Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
This bodhisattva can be identified as Avalokiteshvara by the small sculpture of a Buddha on his headdress and by the vessel he holds in his right hand. The shape of this vessel, particularly its bird’s-head top, typifies metalwork and ceramics produced in China in the late seventh and early eighth centuries.
Artwork Details
- 唐 青銅鎏金觀音菩薩像
- Title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
- Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
- Date: 8th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Gilt bronze
- Dimensions: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); W. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); D. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1942
- Object Number: 42.25.27a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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