White-Robed Quan Am
(Southeast Asia )
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.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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2/9/1984 | Examination | examined for survey |
Geographies
Vietnam (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 14 1/2 × W: 7 1/2 × D: 6 3/16 in. (36.8 × 19.1 × 15.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander B. Griswold, 1979
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.
25.69