About the Artwork
Kuan Yin
between 581 and 618
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Chinese
Chinese
Copper alloy with traces of gilt
Overall: 5 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (14.6 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm) Including base: 6 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (17.1 × 8.3 × 8.3 cm)
Sculpture
Asian Art
Gift of Friends of Janette Adams Gray in her memory
62.31
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
James Marshall Plumer [1899 - 1960] (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
1962, purchased from Caroline Lawrence Plumer [1901-1995] (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
1962-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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DIA, PLUMER COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL ART, March 6 - April 8, 1962, no 110.
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, MASTER BRONZES, Feb 1937, cat no 30.
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, CHINESE BUDDHIST BRONZES, April 13 - May 7, 1950, cat no 50.
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Chinese, Kuan Yin, between 581 and 618, copper alloy with traces of gilt. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Friends of Janette Adams Gray in her memory, 62.31.
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