Dimensions: Height: 13" Width: 10-1/8" Chinese Qing Dynasty, Finest Tibetan gilt bronze Bodhisattvas Buddha figure. In elaborately dressed figure, elongated ears, position of appeasement with eyes closed and serene face. Peaceful, smiling and youthful, beautiful and youthful, he has one face and two hands. With cold gilt serene face, with eyes and lips, giving peaceful appearance. All reserved body painted naturally over cold gilt brown. Adorned with flowing silks of various garments and jewel ornaments, tiara and the like. Depicted in a Seated posture with the right knee raised, the right hand laying on it and the left hand holding a scroll rest on her lap above the knee. The bronze is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. LOT NOTES: Guanyin or Guan Yin is the most commonly used Chinese translation of the bodhisattva known as 'Avalokiteshvara'. Guanyin refers to the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with compassion and venerated chiefly by followers of Mahayana Buddhist schools as practiced in the sinosphere. Guanyin also refers to the bodhisattva as adopted by other Eastern religions such as Daoism, where she is revered as an immortal, as well as Chinese folk religions, where the mythical accounts about Guanyin's origins do not associate with the Avalokiteshvara described in Buddhist sutras.[citation needed]. She is often known as the "Goddess of Mercy" or the Mercy Goddess. The Chinese name Guanyin, is short for Guanshiyin, which means "[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World". Some Buddhists believe that when one of their adherents departs from this world, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western Pure Land of Sukhavati. Guanyin is often referred to as the "most widely beloved Buddhist Divinity" with miraculous powers to assist all those who pray to her, as is said in the Lotus Sutra and Karandavyuha Sutra. Some Buddhist and Christian observers have commented on the similarity between Guanyin and the Blessed Virgin Mary. This can be attributed to the representation of Guanyin holding a child in Chinese art and sculpture; it is believed that Guanyin is the patron saint of mothers and grants parents filial children, this apparition is popularly known as the "Child-Sending Guanyin"