Water and Moon (Potala) Guanyin

Cleveland Museum of Art

Water and Moon (Potala) Guanyin

Date
900–1100
Medium
gilt bronze
Culture
China, Five dynasties (907-960) - Song dynasty (960-1279)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
152021

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The Water and Moon Guanyin is seated in the posture called "royal ease." His right leg is drawn up with folded knee; the left leg flexed. One hand rests on the upraised knee; the other extends downward to support weight on the palm. With gilding, the image assumes the splendor of divine dignity. The deity wears a short-sleeved garment draped over his finely striated hair and shoulders.

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Credit line
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance
?–December 6, 1983: Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull | December 6, 1983: (Sotheby's New York, NY. Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull. 6 December 1983 sale, Lot 66) | ?–1984: (Mr. J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1984–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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