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Guanyin Crossing the Sea
Also titled Guanyin doorkruist de zee
c. 1675 - c. 1699
- Medium
- glaze, porcelain, blanc de Chine
- Classification
- figure
- Dimensions
- height 51 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
This large blanc de Chine (whiteware) figure shows Guanyin standing on the waves, underscoring her supernatural powers. The statue is attributed to He Chaozong, the best potter in the county of Dehua, famed for his elegant and beautifully modelled figures.
