GORYEO DYNASTY (13TH-14TH CENTURY)

The high and relatively wide cheekbones of this work shown here are the characteristics of the Buddhist sculptures from the Goryeo dynasty. The elaborate crown and various jewelry also resemble in the depictions of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara paintings from Goryeo dynasty.
For a similar gilt-bronze figures from the same period in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, image accessible online at ‘https://www.museum.go.kr/MUSEUM/contents/M0502000000.do?schM=view&searchId=search&relicId=171279’ and ‘https://www.museum.go.kr/MUSEUM/contents/M0502000000.do?schM=view&searchId=search&relicId=115692’; For a painting of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara from Goryeo dynasty in the collection of Harvard Art Museums, image accessible online at ‘https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303631?position=24’