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Kwan-yin
Kwan-yin

Kwan-yin

Date1573-1619
Object number66.7
Published ReferencesJoice, Gail, Michael Knight, and Pamela McClusky. "Ivories in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1987,no. 1, p. 5
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions8 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (20.64 x 7.94 x 6.03 cm)
MediumIvory
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Indian
ca. second half of the 9th century
Object number: 48.166
Casket, carved
Indian
early 17th century
Object number: 58.26
Plaque:  Figure, flower medallions
Indian
16th century
Object number: 58.50
Krishna as the flute-playing cowherd (Venugopala)
Indian
ca. 1700 - 1900
Object number: 68.91
Carved Ivory (Netsuke), Fox disguised as a Buddhist nun.
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 98.47.69
Sutra cover for a palm leaf manuscript
Thai
ca. 1850
Object number: 59.16
Hanuman figures
Thai
ca. 1850
Object number: 59.17
Open work carved cylinder; figures and birds
Thai
ca. 1850
Object number: 59.18
Photo: Scott Leen
Nepalese
13th-14th century
Object number: 52.101
Japanese
early 20th century
Object number: 49.223