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An image of Figure of Guanyin by

Unknown Artist

Title
Figure of Guanyin
Place of origin
China
Period
Song dynasty 960 - 1279 → China
Year
12th century-13th century
Media category
Sculpture
Materials used
carved and painted wood
Dimensions

114.0 x 60.0 x 52.0cm

Credit
Bequest of Sydney Cooper 1982
Accession number
138.1982
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

'Introduction' by Jackie Menzies, pg. 9-17., Asian Collection Handbook, Art Gallery of New South Wales 1990, 1990, 12, 13 (colour illus.).

Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, 109 (colour illus.).

'The Discovery of Mass: A Footnote to the Stylistic and Iconographic Innovation in Chinese Buddhist Sculpture' by LIU Yang, pg. 88-95., Orientations Sep 2000, Sep 2000, 94 (colour illus.). fig.5

The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 10 (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (1)

Buddhist Art from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 May 1995–10 Sep 1995.