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Carved wooden statue of a seated bodhisattva with one hand on a crouching lion, faded paint, on a rectangular base against a gray background.

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of the Lion's Roar, or Simhanada Avalokiteshvara (Shi Hou Guanyin)

A carved and painted wooden figure of a seated bodhisattva rests one hand on a crouching lion beside him, which turns its head toward the viewer. The figure wears a long flowing robe and necklace, with faded pigment and weathered surfaces visible across the wood on a rectangular stone-like base.

Artist
Unknown
Date
late 15th–early 17th century
Medium
Wood (poplar) with pigment; single-woodblock construction
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2912 × 3880 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1634).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, in honor of Brooke Astor, 2000

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