Kuan Yin Figurine
Unidentified Ming Dynasty maker, Chinese, 1368 - 1644
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), about 16th century
Wood, lacquer, and gilt
Overall: 13 in. (33 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dorothy Marion Levitt Beskind and D. Herbert Beskind, Class of 1936
S.958.361
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Exhibition History
Critical Faculties: Teaching with the Hood's Collections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 15-March 13, 2005.
Director's Choice, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 10-July 10, 1966.
Provenance
Dorothy Marion Levitt Beskind (1917-2014) and David Herbert Beskind (1915-2015), Class of 1936, New York, New York; given to present collection, 1958.
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