Avbildad med ett fridfullt uttryck, nedslagen blick, håret högt uppsatt i en chignon, diadem med en sittande gudom. Höjd huvud 42 cm. Höjd med ställ 44 cm.
Slitage.
Given as a wedding gift to Stig och Ulla Nordfelt in 1970 by the collector Sten Nelson (born 1906).
Compare with a sculpture of this type sold at Christies Live auction 2544, Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 356, 7–8 May 2002.
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the Chinese goddess of Mercy and Compassion, Guanyin in Chinese, historically has been one of the most popular and most favoured Buddhist deities in China. Bodhisattvas are enligthened beings who have put off entering paradise in order to help others attain enlightment.