Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• sculpture • Asian art
*Work
Type [link]:
• statue
*Title:
Guanyin
*Creator
Display: unknown
*Role
[link]: sculptor [link]: unknown
*Creation
Date: 12th century [controlled]:
• Earliest:
1100 • Latest: 1199
*Subject
[links]: • religion and mythology •
Guanyin (Hindu deity) • royal ease •
human figure • male • Bodhisattva
of Compassion (Hindu iconography)
Style [link]:
Song (Chinese style)
Culture [link]:
Chinese
*Current
Location [link]: Museum
of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
• ID:
20.590
*Measurements:
141 x 88 x 88 cm (55 1/2 x 34 5/8 x 34 5/8 inches)
[controlled]: • Value:
141 Unit:
cm Type: height
| • Value:
88 Unit: cm
Type: width
| • Value:
88 Unit: cm
Type: depth
*Materials
and Techniques: laquered wood with painting
and gilding
Material [links]:
• wood • laquer • paint
• gold
Description: Guanyin
is the Bodhisattva of Compassion, represented in
the pose of "royal ease" and richly ornamented.
A Bodhisattva is one who has attained enlightenment,
but chooses to remain among humankind to help others
achieve it.
Description Source
[link]: Museum of Fine Arts online. www.mfa.org
Page: accessed
21 December 2006
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