Seated Guanyin

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Guanyin

Date
c. 1450
Medium
gilt bronze
Culture
China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
96187

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A heavily jeweled Guanyin sits in the posture of royal ease on a double-lotus throne. Also known as Avalokitesvara or the Bodhisattava of Compassion, Guanyin postponed achieving enlightenment in order to assist all who cry out for help. This made Guanyin a very popular devotional figure for Buddhists. This gilt bronze's size suggests that it could have been placed on a private altar or shrine for personal devotion. There are clusters of blossoming lotuses by the figure's shoulders.

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Credit line
Worcester R. Warner Collection
Provenance
?–1916: Worcester R. Warner [1846–1929], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1916–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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