# Guanyin

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1100 - c. 1200
- Medium: gilding (material), willow (wood), dye, paulownia
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 117 cm x width 111 cm x depth 74 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase widow Otto H. Kahn, 1939)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-84--f0a89d281d74f34cb0df0f13a22d4e00)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/blmqI/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Here the Buddhist deity Guanyin, saviour of people in peril, is represented meditating on a rock. According to legend, he was once found in this position, meditating on the reflection of the moon in water, a symbol of illusion and transience in Buddhism. His pose and face embody inner peace and concentration.