唐 青銅鎏金觀音菩薩像|Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

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8th century · Gilt bronze · Asian Art

This bodhisattva can be identified as Avalokiteshvara by the small sculpture of a Buddha on his headdress and by the vessel he holds in his right hand. The shape of this vessel, particularly its bird’s-head top, typifies metalwork and ceramics produced in China in the late seventh and early eighth centuries.

Artist

Unknown

Date

8th century

Medium

Gilt bronze

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1942