AN IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE STELE OF GUANYIN NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED 8TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF TAIHE CORRESPONDING TO 484 AD. the figure cast with right hand holding a stem with large lotus bud over the shoulder, the left hand to the side holding a flask, standing on a domed base raised on a four-legged plinth, the upper body bare except for a triangular necklace, clad in a dhoti and long scarf draped over the shoulders and upper arms, the face with a pensive expression below hair swept into a chignon fronted by a three-leafed crown, framed by a circular halo of radiating lotus petals, all against an integral lotus leaf-shaped mandorla incised with two registers of flames, the back incised with a dedicatory inscription, continuing onto the sides and back of the plinth, Japanese wood box (7) Height 6 1/8 in., 15.6 cm
AN IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE STELE OF GUANYIN NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED 8TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF TAIHE CORRESPONDING TO 484 AD. the figure cast with right hand holding a stem with large lotus bud over the shoulder, the left hand to the side holding a flask, standing on a domed base raised on a four-legged plinth, the upper body bare except for a triangular necklace, clad in a dhoti and long scarf draped over the shoulders and upper arms, the face with a pensive expression below hair swept into a chignon fronted by a three-leafed crown, framed by a circular halo of radiating lotus petals, all against an integral lotus leaf-shaped mandorla incised with two registers of flames, the back incised with a dedicatory inscription, continuing onto the sides and back of the plinth, Japanese wood box (7) Height 6 1/8 in., 15.6 cm
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