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This sculpture is one of the earliest known examples of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara holding a willow branch. The willow, which later becomes standard in the imagery of Avalokiteshvara, is associated with healing.
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隋 鎏金青銅觀音菩薩像
Title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
Period: Sui dynasty (581–618)
Date: late 6th century
Culture: China
Medium: Gilt bronze
Dimensions: H. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Object Number: 12.161a–c
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