The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) flanked by attendants
Place of OriginChina
Date570
DynastyNorthern Qi dynasty (550-577)
MaterialsBronze with gilding
DimensionsH. 9 1/4 in x W. 4 1/4 in x D. 2 1/4 in, H. 23.5 cm x W. 10.8 cm x D. 5.7 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60B743
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsSculpture
On View
On viewLocationGallery 16
InscribedA very long and unusual inscription, covering all sides of the plain dais, reads:
Wuping first year (570 ), eighth month. . . contracting a painful disease, offered up incense for twenty-seven days as an act of worship, underwent a four seas .... two .... monks and 108 begging monks received an imperial command to fashion ten gilt bronze images with the prayer that the Imperial
Subject
- bodhisattva
- Avalokiteshvara
approx. 1800-1900
prob. 1200-1400
approx. 1600-1700
approx. 1300-1400
Probably 1253 or later
