Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) with vase and willow twig
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1917.129
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
BuddhismCharles Lang Freer collectionChinaChinese ArtGuanyinMing dynasty (1368 - 1644)
About this artwork
As an object of veneration, Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, is shown with emblems of divine power: visible hands engaged in curative action and bare upturned feet folded in the lotus position.