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Guanyin, Bodhisattva of Compassion


北周或隋石雕觀音立像
Chinese
Northern Zhou or early Sui dynasty
about A.D. 580

Medium/Technique Carved limestone (gray) with traces of polychrome and gilding
Dimensions 249 x 71 x 71 cm (98 1/16 x 27 15/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number15.254
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

ProvenanceThe Old Stone Buddha Monastery (Gu Shi-fo Si) near Xi'an, Shanxi Province, China. By 1912, Yamanaka and Company, New York; 1915, sold by Yamanaka and Co. to the MFA for $32,000 [see note].(Accession Date: January 21, 1915)

NOTE:
This was the total price paid for MFA accession nos. 15.254 and 15.255.

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