• Title: 蓮華手觀音, The Lotus-bearer, Lianhuashou Guanyin, Padmapāṇi
• Creator Identity: unknown Chinese
• Creator Role: metal caster
• Creation Location: China
• Historical Period: Northern and Southern Dynasties
• Style/period/group/movement: Northern Wei style
• Measurements: H: 23.1 W: 11.9 cm
• Materials: bronze, gold
• Subject Matter: devotional icon, Avalokiteśvara
• Iconographic features:
  • Head number: 1 type: regular mood: 1-calm
  • Hand number: 2 right: holding lotus
  • Posture: standing
  • Pedestal: lotus pedestal
• Textual Sources (1): 0262
• Note: The standing bodhisattva holds a lotus stem in the right hand. The halo is decorated with lotus petals while the mandorla and the outer frame are both decorated with flame patterns. The statue stands on a lotus pedestal, supported by a four-legged stand.
• Current location: Freer Gallery of Art
• Repository information: Freer Gallery of Art
  • Credit line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
  • Museum resource: Freer Gallery of Art
  • Object code: F1909.266
• Image: Freer Gallery of Art

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