Chinese Ming Dynasty Lustorius tibetan gilt bronze Bodhisattvas Buddha figure GuanYin of The Thinking Lokeshvara. Peaceful, smiling and youthful she is adorned with flowing silks of various garments and jewel ornaments, tiara and the like; seated with the right leg slightly extended in a relaxed manner and the left drawn up, all reserved in cold gilt silver. He holds the stem of a lotus flower which blossoms over the left shoulder. The most significant characteristics are the hand raised with the index finger placed against the side of the face - head slightly tilted to the left. Beautiful and youthful, he has one face and two hands. With cold gilt serene face, with eyes and lips, giving peaceful appearance, body painted naturally over cold gilt silver. Depicted in a seated posture with the right leg relax extended downward and the wrist or elbow of the left arm bend above the knee. The right hand is pressed downward onto the seat slightly behind the horizontal left leg. The upper torso of the body and head generally display a pronounced curve imitating the tribanga' form of standing figures. Adorned with a crown of gold studded with jewels, earrings, necklaces and bracelets, he wears garments of silk, a scarf and skirt. Seated upon a moon disc and double lotus throne. The bronze is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous,the shape is uniformly proportioned.


The underside with incised Quadra-petal flori-form visvavajra mark and centralized DaiJi


Measurements: Height 10.5 Width: 5.25"

Lot Notes:

Guanyin or Guan Yin is the most commonly used Chinese translation of the bodhisattva known as 'Avalokitesvara'. 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 AvalokiteSvara 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"