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A GILT-BRONZE GROUP OF GUANYIN AND SUDHANA The present depiction of Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion,
Ming Dynasty finely cast seated with head turned slightly toward her acolyte Shancai,
Seated in lalitasana on a stump with her pendant left leg resting on was probably derived from a passage in the the ‘Flower Garland
an extended lotus blossom, her right hand resting on her raised right Sutra’, which relates the spiritual journey of a youth, Sudhana, who
knee, the flowing robes incised with floral hems falling in graceful is advised by Manjusri, the bodhisattva of Wisdom, to visit fifty-three
folds around the body and opening at the chest, the face with serene different beings in his quest to search for the ultimate truth. Sudhana’s
expression facing her young acolyte Sudhana bowing reverently with encounter with Guanyin on Mount Potalaka became an influential
pressed palms. 21.6cm (8 1/2in) high. passage in religious art. Stylistically, the facial features and treatment
of the veil and robes, falling in deep folds around her body, the deity
£15,000 - 20,000 compares with a gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin, 17th/18th century,
illustrated in Chang Foundation, Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei,
CNY130,000 - 180,000
1993, pp.108-109, no.47.
明 銅鎏金善財拜觀音菩薩坐窟像

Provenance: an Australian private collection
A Scottish private collection

來源：
澳洲私人舊藏
蘇格蘭私人收藏

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