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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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