White-Robed Quan Am

Description Quan Am is the Vietnamese name for manifestation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara called Guanyin in China. This sculpture in the round depicts the White-Robed Quan An, whose imagery first emerged in China and spread to other Asian countries, including Vietnam, from there.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
2/09/1984	Examination	examined for survey

Provenance Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.

Credit Gift of Alexander B. Griswold, 1979