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Chinese Ming Bronze Seated Kuanyin; Ming Dynasty, circa 16th Century AD. This is a nice larger example of an ironically Ming type of sculpture. The beloved, bejeweled and crowned Buddhist Goddess of Mercy sits in lotus positon, dressed in heavy flowing robes, holding her pitcher. Kuanyin is a Bodhisattva, which is a Northern Buddhist deity, who has earned the merit to pass into Nirvana, but elects to remain in more worldly form, until all sentient beings are rescued from their cycles of suffering. The piece is cast in two parts, with the sculpture and a separate lotus base, which is often lost in this type of sculpture. Olive patination with traces of original lacquering base. H. 12 3/4" (32 cm)..

Buy price: $4000