Caption

Head of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Chinese, Guanyin iconography, Qing style, goddesses. Fragment of a statue made of polychrome-coated feldspar with cube-shaped base of dark red marble. 19th century, China. Sculpture; height 26.0 cm., A small worn rectangular box with a distressed red exterior sits near the bottom center of the image, showing a weathered brown patch on its front and rough textured edges; behind and partially above the box is a pale rounded object with beige and light tan tones and a small dark area on one side; the background transitions from a dark charcoal at the top to a mid gray surrounding the objects and a lighter gray foreground.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_435

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (397.9Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Head Guanyin Bodhisattva Chinese Guanyin iconography Qing style goddesses Fragment statue polychrome-coated feldspar cube-shaped base dark red marble 19th century China Sculpture height 26.0 cm small worn rectangular box distressed exterior sits near bottom center image showing weathered brown patch front rough textured edges partially box pale rounded object beige light tan tones small dark area side background transitions dark charcoal top mid gray surrounding objects lighter gray foreground.