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A Chinese bronze seated figure of the white-robed Guanyin, 17th…
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Melbourne
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21-Mar-2015
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A Chinese bronze seated figure of the white-robed Guanyin, 17th century. sitting cross-legged on a lotus base, with high chignon and diadem of the Amitabha Buddha, depicted wearing necklaces and flowing robes, in the left hand, Guanyin holds the (detachable) sacred vase, one of the eight Buddhist symbols of good fortune, and in her right hand Guanyin holds a willow branch, used for sprinkling the divine nectar of life upon her devotees, to bless them with spiritual and physical peace, 71.5 cm high reference: for similar iconographic motifs for Guanyin, please refer to P. Karetzky, Guanyin (Images of Asia), Oxford University press, Ny, 2004, p. 25 Fig. 2.4
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Oriental: Bronze