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Standing Guanyin

1127–1279

China, Southern Song dynasty

(1127–1279)
wood with traces of gesso, polychromy and gilding
Overall: 162.9 x 55.9 cm (64 1/8 x 22 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1980.80
Location: 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures

Did You Know?

This bodhisattva Guanyin was carved from a single block of willow wood.
  • ?–1980
    (J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1980–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219. Reproduced: p. 204; Mentioned: p. 219, no. 300 www.jstor.org
    Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院. Hai wai yi zhen. fo xiang [海外遺珎. 佛像= Chinese art in overseas collections. Buddhist sculpture]. Taibei Shi: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 153
    Sun, Di 孙迪, editor. Zhongguo liu shi hai wai Fo jiao zao xiang zong he tu mu [中国流失海外佛教造像总合图目= Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections]. Beijing: Wai wen chu ban she, 2005. vol. 7, p. 1414
    Elias, Hajni. A Dealer’s Hand : The Chinese Art World through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi. London, England: Scala, 2012. pp. 57 and 60
  • Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
  • {{cite web|title=Standing Guanyin|url=false|author=|year=1127–1279|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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