Title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
Object type: Figure
Date: 12th century
Culture: China
Period: Dali kingdom (938–1253)
Medium: Gilt arsenical bronze; lost-wax cast
Dimensions: H. 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm); W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. (base) 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1942
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Avalokiteshvara, term: Bodhisattvas