A standing Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
200 x 87 x 75 mm
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Greenway, Devon
NT 119086
Summary
Bronze, a standing Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin), probably Chinese School. A devotional Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, or Guanyin in Chinese, cast in bronze with vestiges of gilding. Avalokiteśvara is the bodhisattva of infinite compassion and is worshipped throughout Buddhist Asia. The worship of Bodhisattvas (beings of enlightenment) is a distinctive feature of Mahāyāna Buddhism.