Picture No | 11963835 |
Date | 12th century |
Description | Kuan Yin, a wooden Bodhisattva |
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Magnificent Chinese wooden Bodhisattva representing Avalokitecvara, better known to Westerners under the later name of Kuan Yin, a supremely benevolent Bodhisattva, who contemplates the world and hears the prayers of the unhappy.
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Source | Photograph in The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number 1946 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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