Standing Bodhisattva
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Object Label
With its hands now gone, this Bodhisattva image cannot be definitively identified, but it was probably a Guanyin. Carved from multiple pieces of lightweight, water-resistant paulownia wood, this graceful figure was once covered in bright paint. Guanyin was very popular in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, when the Jin dynasty ruled northeastern China and the Southern Song dynasty ruled the south. Woodcarvers working in both domains at that period made many nearly life-size images of the Bodhisattva.
Caption
Standing Bodhisattva, 1115–1234. Wood, traces of polychrome, 56 5/16 x 18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in., 32 lb. (143 x 47 x 27 cm, 14.52kg) Width at arms: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) Width at base: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) mount (overall): 58 1/2 × 18 × 10 in. (148.6 × 45.7 × 25.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 37.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.223_front_PS6.jpg)
Collection
Collection
Title
Standing Bodhisattva
Date
1115–1234
Dynasty
Jin Dynasty
Period
Jin Dynasty
Geography
Place made: China
Medium
Wood, traces of polychrome
Classification
Dimensions
56 5/16 x 18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in., 32 lb. (143 x 47 x 27 cm, 14.52kg) Width at arms: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) Width at base: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) mount (overall): 58 1/2 × 18 × 10 in. (148.6 × 45.7 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number
37.223
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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