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White-Robed Quan Am
(Southeast Asia )
The sculptor who made this carved image used the natural color of the marble to portray this white-robed manifestation of Avalokiteshvara (Vietnamese: Quan Am). The imagery for the White-Robed Bodhisattva of Compassion, whose white robes symbolize purity of mind, first emerged in China (known there as Guanyin) but spread to other Asian countries like Vietnam, with which it shares a border.
Provenance
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Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 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