Bodhisattva Guanyin
581–618
- Medium
- gilt bronze
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- China, Sui dynasty (581-618)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Portable Buddhist figures and objects like this gilt bronze had a variety of uses. They could have been carried in religious processions. Others could serve as donations, souvenirs, or votive items in the context of pilgrimages to religious sites. Their miniature size also made them appropriate for placement on private altars or shrines for personal devotion.
