Title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
Object type: Figure
Date: dated 1282
Culture: China
Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Medium: Wood (wiillow) with traces of pigment; single woodblock construction
Dimensions: a) Guanyin: 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm)
b) Inscribed block: H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1934
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Avalokiteshvara, term: Bodhisattvas