id: 137218 accession number: 1962.162 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.162 updated: 2022-01-04 16:08:54.962000 Bodhisattva Guanyin, late 500s-early 600s. China, late Northern Qi (550-577) or early Sui dynasty (581-618). Sandstone with polychromy; overall: 138.8 x 38.2 x 27.4 cm (54 5/8 x 15 1/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1962.162 title: Bodhisattva Guanyin title in original language: 觀音菩薩 series: series in original language: creation date: late 500s-early 600s creation date earliest: 575 creation date latest: 625 current location: 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: China, late Northern Qi (550-577) or early Sui dynasty (581-618) technique: sandstone with polychromy department: Chinese Art collection: China - Sui Dynasty type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 138.8 x 38.2 x 27.4 cm (54 5/8 x 15 1/16 x 10 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - 1962 opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00 Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). title: Korea: Bridge of Culture opening date: 1980-06-10T04:00:00 Korea: Bridge of Culture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 10-September 7, 1980). title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00 Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Mayuyama and Company, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1962 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1962- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The artistic excellence of this bodhisattva is further reinforced by comparable outstanding Chinese Buddhist sculptures excavated at Qingzhou in Shandong Province in 1996—one of the most sensational and significant archaeological finds of the 20th century. Like related types among the Qingzhou finds, this statute has a gently smiling face and meticulous detailing of splendid jewelry. A noticeable difference, however, is the unique yingluo (mukt hara) worn by the bodhisattva for personal adornment. The somewhat bizarre but imaginative combination of a string of jewels with grotesque animal masks, flying apsara, jade pendants, dragons, and metal ornaments was probably a regional decorative style of Shanxi Province. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 250 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n274 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 250 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n274 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 330 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n350 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.162/1962.162_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.162/1962.162_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.162/1962.162_full.tif