Figure of Guanyin
anonymous
1050 - 1200
Medium
gild
Dimensions
13.2; 6; 6.5
About this artwork
Avalokitesvara (Guanyin), gezeten op een lotus-troon in lalita-asana (houding van ontspanning en rust); in de linkerhand een wensjuweel en in de hoofdtooi een Amitabha.
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...