The Bodhisattva Guanyin
(China )
In this beautifully crafted statuette, Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion, wears a long, belted skirt and a shawl. His headdress is decorated with an image of a celestial Buddha meditating on a lotus. Guanyin stands upright, holding a willow branch with which to sprinkle purifying sacred water stored in the flask that he carries in his left hand.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Yamanaka & Co., New York, 1917; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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Examination | X-radiography | |
7/30/1974 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
China, Yunnan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 17 1/16 × W: 4 7/8 × D: 3 9/16 in. (43.3 × 12.4 × 9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1345