Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), 唐 青銅鎏金觀音菩薩像, Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century, China, Gilt leaded bronze; piece-mold or lost-wax cast, H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); W. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); D. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), Sculpture, This bodhisattva can be identified as Avalokiteshvara by the small sculpture of a Buddha on his headdress and by the vessel he holds in his right hand. The shape of this vessel, particularly its bird’s-head top, typifies metalwork and ceramics produced in China in the late seventh and early eighth centuries
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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Guanyin, 唐 青銅鎏金觀音菩薩像, Tang dynasty, 618–907, 8th century, China, Gilt leaded bronze, piece-mold, lost-wax cast, H, 10 3/4, 27.3 cm, W, 4 1/8, 10.5, D, 2 1/2, 6.4, Sculpture, bodhisattva, identified, Avalokiteshvara, small sculpture, Buddha, headdress, vessel, holds, right hand, shape, particularly, bird’-head top, typifies metalwork, ceramics produced, late seventh, early eighth, centuries
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