The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 30, 2023

Standing Guanyin

700s?

China, Tang dynasty

(618-907)

Limestone

Overall: 170.8 cm (67 1/4 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1966.364

Location

241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures

Fun Fact

The statue retains a good deal of old polychrome.

Description

The statue is identified and dated by an inscription to 687. There is a marked restraint and stately elegance of the well-proportioned figure standing in a relaxed pose.

Provenance
William Randolph Hearst; H. Kevorkian
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 252 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 333 archive.org
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1966.364