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Head of Guanyin [Kuanyin] Bodhisattva
(China )
This head of Guanyin [Kuanyin] has a small Amitabha Buddha in the headdress. The tip of the nose and the ends of the ear lobes are broken off.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as 7th century, T'ang period, from Shansi]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
China, Shanxi [Shansi] (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
25.7