Title: Bodhisattva  Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
Object type: Shrine
Culture: Tibet
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)
Medium: Leaded brass with pigment, lost-wax cast
Dimensions: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm); W. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (9.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Bequest of Kate Read Blacque, in memory of her husband, Valentine Alexander Blacque, by exchange, 1948
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Avalokiteshvara, term: Bodhisattvas