<em>Standing Bodhisattva</em>, 1115–1234. Wood, traces of polychrome, 56 5/16 x 18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in., 32 lb. (143 x 47 x 27 cm, 14.52kg). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 37.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.223_front_PS6.jpg)

Standing Bodhisattva, 1115–1234. Wood, traces of polychrome, 56 5/16 x 18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in., 32 lb. (143 x 47 x 27 cm, 14.52kg). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 37.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.223_front_PS6.jpg)

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Standing Bodhisattva

Asian Art

On View: Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor

With its hands now gone, this Bodhisattva image cannot be definitively identified, but it was probably a Guanyin. Carved from multiple pieces of lightweight, water-resistant paulownia wood, this graceful figure was once covered in bright paint. Guanyin was very popular in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, when the Jin dynasty ruled northeastern China and the Southern Song dynasty ruled the south. Woodcarvers working in both domains at that period made many nearly life-size images of the Bodhisattva.

MEDIUM Wood, traces of polychrome

Place Made: China

DATES 1115–1234

DYNASTY Jin Dynasty

PERIOD Jin Dynasty

DIMENSIONS 56 5/16 x 18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in., 32 lb. (143 x 47 x 27 cm, 14.52kg) Width at arms: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) Width at base: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) mount (overall): 58 1/2 × 18 × 10 in. (148.6 × 45.7 × 25.4 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Asian Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.223

CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection

EXHIBITIONS

Arts of Buddhism

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor

CAPTION Standing Bodhisattva, 1115–1234. Wood, traces of polychrome, 56 5/16 x 18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in., 32 lb. (143 x 47 x 27 cm, 14.52kg). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 37.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.223_front_PS6.jpg)

IMAGE front, 37.223_front_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013

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