Statuette

29-131-7

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-131-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet
Section Asian
Materials Brass | Jewels
Iconography Bodhisattva | Guanyin | Padmapani
Inscription Language Chinese Language | Mongolian Language
Description

Brass statuette. Set with jewels. Standing bodhisattva of Guanyin also known as Padmapani. Two inscriptions appear on the pedestal at her feet, one in Chinese (觀音菩隡), the other in Mongolian (Qomsim Bodisung). They identify the statue as that of the bodhisattva Guanyin.

Height 33 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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