Three figures of Guanyin
These three figures of Guanyin clearly display the elegant style of the Tang dynasty. The influence of sculpture from India inspired more animated poses, which are further accentuated by elegant ribbons.
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Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- Tachet, Claude Francois
Medium
- On loan from the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 600 - 800
- 0600/0800
- 0600/0800
Place-Time
- 8th century
Places
- China
- China
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.403
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.931
- AK-MAK-79
Extent
- height 10.4 cm
- width 4.0 cm
- depth 1.7 cm
- height 14.5 cm
- depth 3.0 cm
Format
- bronze (metal)
- gilding (material)
- Bronze
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: China (collectie)
- collection: sculptures
- collectie: beeldhouwwerken
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:03:12.856Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:00:42.310Z
Keywords (provided by the community)
- People's Republic of China
- India
- Guan Yin