Object Title
Guanyin
Measurements
32 5/8" x 10 1/2" w x 7" d
Creation Date
806 (Tang Dynasty)
Credit Line
Denver Art Museum: Bequest of Justine Kirk in memory of her uncle, H. Medill Sarkisian
Museum Name
Museum Contact
provenance@denverartmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2018.602
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
End of Tang dynasty (907 CE)
Provenance Information
(Sarkisian's Oriental Rugs and Fine Art), Denver, CO. Collection of the Justine Kirk [1944-2017] Trust, Denver and Aspen, CO; Bequeathed to the Denver Art Museum, 2018.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This bronze statue of the Bodhisattva Guanyin fills an important gap in the collection of Tang Dynasty Chinese Buddhist arts, allowing the opportunity to put the object into public domain and facilitate further research.