Figure
MOA: University of British Columbia
N1.285
Large stone female bust of Kuan Yin. Her hair is accentuated with carved lines and curled into a bun at the top of her head, around which is an elaborate curly headdress. Her eyelids are shown closed. (No longer on wooden base.)
- Type of Item figure
- Culture Chinese
- Material stone
- Manufacturing Technique carved
- Measurements height 58.0 cm, width 25.0 cm, depth 20.4 cm (overall) height 41.0 cm, width 23.0 cm, depth 21.0 cm (part a) height 18.5 cm, width 25.0 cm, depth 20.4 cm (part b)
- Previous Owner Leslie G. Kilborn
- Received from Fyfe-Smith Memorial Oriental Collection Fund, Leslie G. Kilborn
- Made in China
- Collection Date between 1921 and 1960
- Ownership Date before October 1966
- Acquisition Date during October 1966
- Item Classes carvings & sculpture
- Condition good
- Accession Number 0037/0010/0005