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Description: | Wooden figure of Guanyin, Bodhisattva of compassion. Carved from a single piece of wood with traces of gilt, red and black paint. The figure sits on a plinth in a rajalilasana or royal ease position with left leg lowered, right leg raised and bent at the knee, the right hand resting on the right knee and the left resting on the seat surface at his side. The bodhisattva Guanyin is depicted with a serene smile, downcast eyes, elongated ear lobes and hair piled up and tied in topknot on top of head. The figure wears jewelry and a crown that contains small images of Buddha Amitabha and is dressed in draped robe that covers both shoulders and exposes the bare chest.
caption: General view of object no. 2.2.49/4.
caption: Right oblique view of object no. 2.2.49/4. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | figures (ritual & belief: representations) Figures Buddhism wood Chinese Peoples paint gilding Carving | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-46181 | Go to resource |
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