Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1983

  Robert Lyle Rinehart, Montgomery, Alabama. [1]

  From 1983

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Robert Lyle Rinehart, Montgomery, Alabama. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Robert Lyle Rinehart

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. R. L. Rinehart

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1910s

• Name

  Rinehart, Robert Lyle

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Lacquer, Sutra, Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity), Bodhisattva, Guanyin

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture