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Bodhisattva Guanyin
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About this work
Portable Buddhist figures and objects like this gilt bronze had a variety of uses. They could have been carried in religious processions. Others could serve as donations, souvenirs, or votive items in the context of pilgrimages to religious sites. Their miniature size also made them appropriate for placement on private altars or shrines for personal devotion.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBodhisattva Guanyin (觀音菩薩), 581–618. China, Sui dynasty (581-618). Gilt bronze; overall: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman, 1962.217
