The Museum's new objects conservation lab is up and running. Among the myriad of projects underway is the continuing research on the Museum's Guanyin Bodhisattva. So far they have discovered some modern-day restorations to the Guanyin including nails, screws and a mending plate that is holding together a crack in the sculpture's body.
Overall, the Guanyin is in excellent condition which is very rare for these types of scultpure. Conservation scientist John Twilley continues to study the pigment to find out what is original to the sculpture and what has been added in the past 1,000 or so years.