Guanyin

ClassificationsSculpture

Date1870-1949

Made AtChina, Asia

MediumIvory

Dimensions26 × 13 1/2 in. (66 × 34.3 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous Gift

Object number88.31.1

DescriptionThis ivory carving depicts the “Mother of the Seventy Million Buddhas" form of Guanyin, one which appears to have been based on the earlier Indian bodhisattva Cundī. In her hands she holds 18 implements and weapons, each of which represent aspects of the Dharma.

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