Kuan Yin
CultureChinese
DateYuan dynasty (1279-1368)
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 19 1/2 × 7 × 3 3/4 inches (49.53 × 17.78 × 9.53 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-51
On View
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DescriptionStanding figure dressed in a long draping skirt with scarf on shoulders, arms missing. Traces of burn marks.ProvenanceProbably with Fu Shu-ta, Hatamen Wai, Peking (Beijing), China, by May 7, 1934 [1];
Purchased from Fu Shu-ta, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
NOTES:
[1] Although unconfirmed, this is likely the "standing figure of a bodhisattva" listed in Laurence Sickman's purchasing notebook, based on the order in which it was accessioned into the museum collection along with other objects Sickman acquired. Nelson-Atkins Archives, Sickman Miscellaneous, box 3, folder Shipping 1934.
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