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Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

Chinese Qing Dynasty, late 18th century

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

12 cm × 20 cm

About the size of your phone. You would need 9 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 20 cm
Width: 12 cm
Medium: Dehua ware (blanc de chine), porcelain with colorless glaze
Kind: Decorative Art
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit: Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 12 cm × 20 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made late 18th century. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele.
How was it made?: Dehua ware (blanc de chine), porcelain with colorless glaze.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

The gallery's walk hangs a selection. This work can hang in a room of its own, with five works that hang well beside it, at their real size.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.