Standing Bodhisattva Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara)
date: label: Date
content: 700-750
label: Period
content: Early Tang dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Standing Bodhisattva Guanyin (Sanskrit Avalokitesvara)
label: Description
content: Detachable shield.
label: Description
content: Surface: Gilded; areas of green patina and grayish earth incrustation. Inscription.
label: Provenance
content: To 1913
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1913 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 410, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
label: Exhibition History
content: Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Special Exhibit for King and Queen of Nepal (April 26, 1960 to January 1, 1963)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Art (July 19, 1958 to April 26, 1960)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Sculpture (November 15, 1944 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: casting
label: Topic
content: gilding
label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: bronze
label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: bodhisattva
label: Topic
content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
label: Topic
content: Avalokiteshvara
label: Topic
content: Guanyin
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: kundika
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
setName: label: On View
content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1913.44a-c
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze with gilding
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 24.9 x 8.8 x 5.9 cm (9 13/16 x 3 7/16 x 2 5/16 in)