Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
Kangxi period, 1662/1722
Artist

Artwork overview
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Medium
porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (height): 25.4 cm (10 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.595
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sir William Bennett [1852-1931]. (Gorer, London); sold 1910 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
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Bibliography
1910
Gorer 1910, 19-20, no. 62.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.
1955
Koyama et al. 1955-1958, 217, fig. 90.
1998
Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 204, color repro.
Wikidata ID
Q62285960