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The bodhisattva is an enlightened being dedicated to the spiritual awakening of all beings. The compassionate bodhisattva Guanyin, in a variety of manifestations, is probably the most popular deity of worship in Chinese Buddhism. In the Esoteric Buddhist form shown here, this standing Guanyin has a total of eleven heads, with smaller ones above the principal head. The uppermost head represents the Buddha Amitabha, to whom he is closely related. The eleven heads symbolize the Buddha’s steps on the path to enlightenment.

The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

The Year in Review for 1981

(Sotheby's, New York, NY, sale October 19, 1944, lot 229, sold to C. T. Loo)

(C. T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], Paris and New York)

Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy [1900–1980], Fort Worth, Texas, consigned to Sotheby's New York

(Sotheby's, New York, NY, sale November 6, 1981, lot 50)

(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Eleven-Headed Guanyin - Chinese language version

Eleven-Headed Guanyin

Gallery Hangouts: Eleven-Headed Guanyin

十一面觀音菩薩

In the Gallery Hangout series, CMA's gallery teachers and educators encourage us to look closely at prominent objects in the museum's galleries. Join JP Peralta as he gives us a closer look at <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.53">Eleven-Headed Guanyin</a>