Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Head

Object Details

• Description

  Stone face with elongated facial features; headdress with floral motifs and seated buddha.

• Provenance

  From 1930s to 1977

  David Kirkpatrick Estes Bruce (1869-1977), acquired from an unidentified dealer, Paris, in the 1930s [1]

  From 1978

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Ambassador David Kirkpatrick Estes Bruce, Washington, DC, in 1978 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 2, T. Lawton, 1978, in the object record.

  [2] The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection to the Freer Permanent Collection on March 6, 1978 (see Curatorial Note 7 in the object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  The Honorable David K.E. Bruce (1898-1977)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of The Honorable David K.E. Bruce

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Date

  1920s, 1900s

• Name

  Bruce, David K.E., buddha

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Forgery, Stone, Bodhisattva, Guanyin

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture