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THE PROPERTY OF GOTŌ SHINSHUDŌ

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A DATED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
GUANYIN

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-534), DATED BY
INSCRIPTION TO THE 5TH YEAR OF ZHENGGUANG
(AD 524)

The bodhisattva is shown standing on a lotus base raised on a bracket stand PROVENANCE
inscribed on two sides with a dated inscription. The fgure holds a lotus stem
in the raised right hand and in the left hand the end of the scarf draped around Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo, prior to 1983.
the shoulders and arms, and wears a long incised robe gathered at the waist
that falls to the tops of the bare feet, a bead necklace and a tall crown hung with EXHIBITED
trailing ribbons. The fgure is backed by a fame-shaped aureole with fame
border and the head by a double nimbus of lotus petals. Osaka, Osaka City Museum, Chinese Buddhist Sculptures, 1984, no. 88.
Osaka, Kuboso Museum of Art, Gilt bronze Buddhist Figures from Six Dynasty
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high Period, 1991, no. 59.
Nara, Museum Yamato Bunkakan, Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddhist Figures,
$60,000-80,000 2 October - 8 November, 1992, no. 28.

北魏正光五年（公元524年） LITERATURE
鎏金銅觀世音立像
Osaka City Museum, Chinese Buddhist Sculptures, Osaka, 1984, p. 60, no. 88.
Kuboso Museum of Art, Gilt Bronze Buddhist Figures from Six Dynasty Period,
Osaka, 1991, p. 59, no. 59.
Museum Yamato Bunkakan, Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddhist Figures, Nara, 1992,
p. 60, no. 28.
Jin Shen, Zhongguo lidai jinian foxiang tudian (Illustrated Chinese Buddha
Images Through the Ages), Beijing, 1995, p. 170, no. 119.
Matsubara Saburo, Chugoku Bukkyou Chokokushi ron (The Path of Chinese
Buddhist Sculpture), vol. 1, Tokyo, 1995, pl. 167-c.

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