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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) by Charles Lang Freer, Meh Tuh Kee — VisualArtsDB

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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

Charles Lang Freer Meh Tuh Kee

400

Medium: Bronze with gilding
Genre: Sculpture
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)Period of Division (220 - 589)bodhisattvaChinese ArtMandorlaArtbronzegilding

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Standing Bodhisattva Lotus holder Guanyin in relief against a flaming "mandorla;" inscription of 32 characters incised on four-legged base.

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