隋 鎏金青銅觀音菩薩像|Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
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late 6th century · Gilt bronze · Asian Art
This sculpture is one of the earliest known examples of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara holding a willow branch. The willow, which later becomes standard in the imagery of Avalokiteshvara, is associated with healing.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 6th century
- Medium
- Gilt bronze
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1912
