Guanyin (Avalokitesvara)

8th century

Chinese

Bronze with gilt

10 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 3 1/2 in. (26.4 x 5.5 x 8.89 cm)

Overall: 11 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (28.9 x 5 1/2 x 8.9cm)

Purchased from the bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Stewart Downey

53.79

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryDayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, Chinese Gold and Silver from the Tang Dynasty in American Collections, Nov.3, 1984-Sept. 22, 1985 (New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Feb. 5 - Apr. 21, 1985; Northampton, MA, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, June 1 - July 14, 1985; and Birmingham Museum of Art)

Published References"Chinese Art Recently Acquired by American Museums," in the Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, Vol. 7 (1953), p. 84-86, illus no. 22.

"Selected Works." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, p. 160

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