- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1943.53.57
- Title
- Head of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin Pusa)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 8th Century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Tang dynasty, 618-907
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204262
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- White marble
- Dimensions
- H. 9.2 x W. 6 x D. 6.2 cm (3 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
with base: H. 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.53.57
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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