Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Guanyin

Date

700s?

Medium

limestone

Culture

China, Tang dynasty (618-907)

Department

Chinese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The statue is identified and dated by an inscription to 687. There is a marked restraint and stately elegance of the well-proportioned figure standing in a relaxed pose. The statue retains a good deal of old polychrome.

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