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Eleven-Headed Guanyin

十一面觀音菩薩

early 700s

China, Tang dynasty

(618-907)

Gray sandstone

Overall: 129.6 x 63.6 x 25.4 cm (51 x 25 1/16 x 10 in.)

Gift of Severance and Greta Millikin 1959.129

Location

ALOB Asian Lobby

Fun Fact

The two-armed form of Eleven-Headed Guanyin holds a water vase in the left hand, and the right arm extends downward with the hand's palm often facing out.

Provenance
?-1959
(C.T. Loo [1880-1957], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1959-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Art News Press Release,” January 23, 1961, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 253 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 253 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 333 archive.org
Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1959.129