1950.155: Standing Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin Pusa)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1950.155
- Title
- Standing Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin Pusa)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, figurine
- Date
- late 6th cent. - early 7th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Sui dynasty, 581-618
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203615
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gilt bronze; with spurious inscription on pedestal and on back of the halo
- Dimensions
- H. 29.5 x W. 9.5 x D. 8.3 cm (11 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Arthur Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1950
- Object Number
- 1950.155
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- W. Chie Ishibashi, "East Asian Buddhist Bronzes: A Comparative Analytical Study and a Preliminary Report" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 1977), Unpublished, passim
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2740 Buddhist II, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/29/2021 - 07/17/2022
Verification Level
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