About This Artwork
Head of Guanyinlate Northern Qi/Sui dynasty, late 6th century
Marble with traces of metal fittings at crown
68.6 x 43.2 x 45.7 cm (27 1/16 x 17 1/16 x 18 in.)
Samuel M. Nickerson Collection, 1923.1114
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 18, 1(January 1924), cover (ill.), p. 122 (citation)
Elinor Pearlstein and James T. Ulak, Asian Art in the Art Institutr of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago / Harry N. Abrams, 1993), P. 148, p. 38, 39 (ill)
Ownership History
Purchased from Yamanaka & Co., New York.