Seated Guanyin
late 1100s–1200s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Seated Guanyin, late 1100s–1200s. China, late Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) - Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Wood with polychromy and gilding; overall: 138 cm (54 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1984.70 After acquisition, the CMA conservator meticulously used surgical knives and etching tools to uncover the sculpture's original polychromy and gilding, hidden beneath layers of protective varnish and paint.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- wood with polychromy and gilding
- Medium
- wood, polychromy, gilding
- Dimensions
- Overall: 138 cm (54 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1984.70
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1984
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
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