Chinese Art [065] Sculpture (002)

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Title Chinese Art [065] Sculpture (002)
Photo Number Box 59, Forbidden City Ming and Ching Palaces, 118
Description Photograph (detail, close-up) of Chinese sculpture representing Guanyin
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1978
Subject Statues--Photographs; Sculpture--Photographs; Buddhist art--Photographs; Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity)--Art--Photographs; China; Art; Statues
Keywords Chinese culture; Fine arts; Kuan-yin; Guan-yin; Displays
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Caption on Slide Kuan yin (detail), Chinese sculpture, Early Ming Dynasty.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Guanyin, in Chinese Buddhism, the bodhisattva of infinite compassion and mercy."--Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Kuan Yin (Detail) Chinese Early Ming Dynasty, Wood Friends of the Art Museum Dr. Helmut and Dr. Maud Callis"
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6kk9vr8
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 339779
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kk9vr8
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