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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
- Title Translation: 观世音菩萨（观音）
- Period: Tang, 618–907 C.E.
- Project: Sculptures in Longmen Caves
- Work Description: The Bodhisattva stands with its body arched in a slight curve. The pointed headdress that appears in the high chignon is not specific enough to identify the particular Bodhisattva being represented. The torso is clothed in scarves and necklaces; a pleated dhoti falls from the waist. The Bodhisattva's right hand holds one end of a scarf against the dhoti; the left arm is raised at the elbow and the fingers of the hand are gracefully curved. There are traces of paint and pigment traces on the surface of the stone. The sculpture has been broken and subsequently repaired.
Head of Standing Bodhisattva
- Title Translation: 菩萨立像头部
- Period: Northern Wei, 386–534 C.E.
- Project: Longmen Binyang Central Cave
- Work Description: The Binyangzhongdong Cave commissioned by emperor Xuanwu is a massive cave measuring 9 meters high, 11 meters wide, and 10 meters in depth. The head of the image is almost one meter tall, and is thought originally to have been the head for one of the standing attendant figures on the triad carved into the cave’s south wall. The clearly depicted eyes and nose combine with the gentle expression of its mouth to create a typical example of bodhisattva imagery from the late Northern Wei dynasty.
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) Head
- Title Translation: 观世音菩萨（观音）头
- Period: Northern Wei, 493–534 C.E.
- Project: Sculptures in Longmen Caves
- Work Description: Large head of Guanyin with high headdress; lower extremities of ear lobes broken, and nose and lips repaired; fragment of statue, probably in high relief. Stand.