佛像网

尺寸：H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); D. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
年代：明代天启年, datable to 1624
质地：檀木 木雕漆金 Sandalwood with lacquer
风格：中原
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Downcast eyes and clasped hands impart a serene quality to this intimately scaled Guanyin. A dated inscription on silk found in the sculpture’s interior reveals that it was commissioned in 1624 by a devotee named Wang Shichun and his wife, surnamed Li. Like many in premodern China, they turned to Guanyin for help; this sculpture allowed them to venerate the bodhisattva daily, in their home.

来源:
[John A. Dean , New York, until 1936; sold to MMA]

展览:
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Another World Lies Beyond: Chinese Art and the Divine,” August 24, 2019–January 5, 2020.

文献:
Priest, Alan. “Two Dated Wood Sculptures of the Ming Dynasty.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 1, no. 1 (Summer 1942). pp. 29–32.
Priest, Alan. Chinese Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944, pp. [50]–51, cat. no. 76, pls. CXXVIII, CXXVII B.