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Figure of Kuan Yin
Artist: Chinese
Location: Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 650
Materials: gilt-bronze
Dimensions: 28 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,000 (Total: £21,000)
Vendor: Spink
Review number: 2570 (1975)
Provenance:
Mr & Mrs Brodie Lodge; Sotheby's, 1972.
Description:
A Chinese Buddhist figure of the Compassionate Bodhisattva or Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy in Buddhism. Represents fusion of early Chinese style with incoming Indian influences. Figures of this quality from this period are rare as most metal sculpture was melted down during the persecution of Buddhism in 845 AD.
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