Bodhisattva of Compassion (Guanyin) Seated in Royal Ease
900s
Country
China
Object
figure
Medium
polychromed wood
Accession Number
1946.4
Credit Line
Walter C. Mead Collection
Bodhisattva of Compassion (Guanyin) Seated in Royal Ease. 900s. polychromed wood. Walter C. Mead Collection. 1946.4.
Dimensions
height: 17 in, 43.1800 cm; width: 9 in, 22.86 cm; depth: 8 in, 20.32 cm
Department
Arts of Asia
Collection
Arts of Asia
This object is currently on view
Bodhisattva of Compassion (Guanyin) Seated in Royal Ease
China
900s
Polychromed wood
Walter C. Mead Collection
1946.4
The particular form of Buddhist teaching that became popular in China centered on the worship of bodhisattvas, compassionate beings who postponed their own escape from worldly existence in order to help others attain enlightenment. The bodhisattva Guanyin, whose name means “the one who always hears [prayers],” attracted to devotion of Chinese Buddhists.
Known Provenance
Dr. Otto Burchard [1892–1965], before 1946; (Harold Sarkisian), Denver, CO; by exchange, Denver Art Museum, 1946.
