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21.  A Bronze Seated Guanyin with a Dragon
 Song–Yuan Dynasty, 12th–14th Century
 the bodhisattva shown seated in the posture of royal ease on a rustic throne, with eyes half-closed
 and serene expression, the left elbow resting on a stack of books and holding a small vial of the
 elixir of mercy in the extended left hand, the right arm resting on the raised right knee and the right
 hand extended in vitarka mudra, wearing a dhoti loosely tied at the waist, adorned with elaborate
 jewelry including bracelets, armlets, heavy earrings, multiple necklaces, beaded girdles, and a high
 openwork crown surmounted by three Buddhas seated on lotus, the hair dressed in braids trailing
 down over the shoulders and entwined with long scarves draped over the arms and hanging down
 onto the roughly combed base on either side of a horned dragon leaping up with jaws open and
 holding a ‘pearl’ over its head, the surface with dark brown patina overall.
 Height 11 ⁄8 inches (28.3 cm)
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 宋 - 元 銅觀音坐像 高 28.3 厘米
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