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Gilt bronze Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

Tang period, inscribed with date corresponding to 651

This gilt-bronze figure represents Avalokiteshvara, also known as Guanyin. According to the inscription on the reverse, it was commissioned by a seventh-century emperor as one of a set of six figures, as thanksgiving for rain and the passing of the plague.

Height: 30.8cm
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