Guanyin

anonymous, 850 - 900

Guanyin stands on a lotus base, his left hand raised in the gesture of reassurance, and holds a vase in his right hand. He is here depicted as a male divinity. After the Tang dynasty (618-907) artists began portraying Guanyin as a female.

  • Artwork typefigure, sculpture, Avalokitesvara
  • Object numberAK-MAK-77
  • Dimensionsheight 67 cm x width 22.7 cm x depth 23 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Guanyin

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-77

  • Description

    Avalokitesvara (Guanyin), staande op een voetstuk; met de linkerhand maakt hij het gebaar van geruststelling en in de rechter heeft hij een vaas.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, China

  • Dating

    850 - 900

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 67 cm x width 22.7 cm x depth 23 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Bluett, London, 1935)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the dealer Bluett, £ 65, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1935;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • Burlington magazine, Mei 1934.
    • Alan Priest, Chinese sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum, New York 1944, pl. XXIV, XCV.

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