Exposition : Sacred Dedication : A Korean Buddhist Masterpiece

Sacred Dedication: A Korean Buddhist Masterpiece The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C. Until March 22, 2020 A single object—a beautiful gilt wood sculpture of Gwaneum, the bodhisattva of compassion and the most popular deity in Korean Buddhism—is the focus of this loan exhibition from the National Museum of Korea. Carved in the late Goryeo period (918–1392), this crowned image is now known to be the oldest surviving gilded wood figure in an informal pose...