Eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara

Object Details

• Previous custodian or owner

  Alice S. Kandell

• Provenance

  To 2018

  Alice S. Kandell, New York, New York [1]

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Alice S. Kandell, New York, New York

  Note:

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

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  The Alice S. Kandell Collection

• Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Sackler Gallery 26a: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1750s

• Name

  Kandell, Alice S.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Alice S. Kandell Collection, Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)

• Culture

  Buddhists, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Yes