Art Institute of Chicago Yuan/Early Ming Dynasty Gilt Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) 芝加哥艺术博物馆元代/明初铜鎏金观音菩萨立像

            1926.282a 1350-1400 Gilt Bronze 35.6 × 15.7 × 8.1 cm (14 × 6 1/8 × 3 3/16 in.) Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection

In its willowy proportions, as well as facial features and dress, this image exemplifies the Chinese manifestation of the princely Indian deity Avalokitesvara as the distinctively feminine Goddess of Mercy (Guanyin). Her necklaces of symmetrical loops and pendants closely resemble those of richly adorned images dating to the late 14th century, which spanned the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1279 1368) and China’s return to native rule under the Ming (1368 1644).

This image originally contained a strip of paper inscribed in Tibetan with Sanskrit mantras (ritual chants). Although both Yuan and Ming elites maintained close relations with Tibet, the presence of this sacred record in an elegantly secularized figure is unusual.

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Taken on: February 22, 2025

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