Title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
Object type: Figure
Date: late 10th–early 11th century
Culture: China
Period: possibly Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)
Medium: Wood (foxglove) with pigments, gilding, quartz and carnelian; single woodblock construction
Dimensions: H. 37 in. (94 cm); W. 24 in. (61 cm); D. 18 in. (45.7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1933
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Avalokiteshvara, term: Bodhisattvas