Kuan Yin Figurine
Unidentified Ming Dynasty maker, Chinese, 1368 - 1644
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644
Bronze
Overall: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
S.964.123
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Publication History
Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland, p. 146, no. 5, p. 164, no. 64.
Provenance
Pig and Saddle; sold to present collection, 1964.
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