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四 47. A Chinese gilt-bronze standing figure of guanyin

十 Avalokiteśvara holding an ambrosia vase in her left
七 hand and her right hand raised in vitarka mudra,

銅       with an image of Amitabha Buddha beneath her
鎏
金       cowl, wearing an elaborate jewelled necklace and long
觀       flowing robes tied with double ribbon and incised on
        the edges with flowers, leaves and branches, with a

音 celestial scarf draped over her arms, all standing on a
像 three-petaled open lotus flower, raised on a hexagonal

        integral stand.

明 14 inches, 35.5 cm high.
代 Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century.

        •	 Formerly in a private Texas collection.
        •	 The inspiration of this style of Buddhist figure

            is clearly seen on a late Tang-dynasty standing
            Bodhisattva from the Eugene Fuller Memorial
            Collection, lent by the Seattle Art Museum,
            included by Henry Trubner in Arts of the T’ang
            Dynasty, no. 101, pp. 58/9; and another Tang
            example is illustrated by Ch’in Hsiao-Yi in The
            Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom, Special
            Exhibition catalogue of The Buddhist Bronzes from
            the Nitta Group Collection at the National Palace
            Museum, Taiwan, pl. 87, p. 183.

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