Figurine

Museum number:
9-17794
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017794
Accession number:
Acc.4067
Description:
Kwan-yin; standing, brass, flat, oval base with wave design, small embedded jade and garnet beads, some missing, sticker on bottom, “Kwan-yin and elephants”; early 20th century
Donor:
Alice Elizabeth Fitzhugh and William M. Fitzhugh Jr.
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 9-17794, described as Kwan-yin; standing, brass, flat, oval base with wave design, small embedded jade and garnet beads, some missing, sticker on bottom, “Kwan-yin and elephants”; early 20th centuryHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 9-17794, described as Kwan-yin; standing, brass, flat, oval base with wave design, small embedded jade and garnet beads, some missing, sticker on bottom, “Kwan-yin and elephants”; early 20th centuryHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 9-17794, described as Kwan-yin; standing, brass, flat, oval base with wave design, small embedded jade and garnet beads, some missing, sticker on bottom, “Kwan-yin and elephants”; early 20th centuryHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Figurine, accession number 9-17794, described as Kwan-yin; standing, brass, flat, oval base with wave design, small embedded jade and garnet beads, some missing, sticker on bottom, “Kwan-yin and elephants”; early 20th century
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-17794, described as Kwan-yin; standing, brass, flat, oval base with wave design, small embedded jade and garnet beads, some missing, sticker on bottom, “Kwan-yin and elephants”; early 20th century

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