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Guanyin of the Southern Sea
  • Title Translation: 南海观音
  • Period: Liao, Jin, 907-1125 C.E., 1115-1234 C.E.
  • Project: Wooden Bodhisattvas (Guanyin)
  • Work Description: Represented as "Kuan-Yin of the southern seas," the Chinese Buddhist deity of compassion and mercy is seated in a variation of the pose of royal ease (Maharajalila) on a base imitating a craggy rock with his/her right arm resting on his/her folded right knee. The left arm rests on the rock while the left leg hangs down over the rockery onto a lotus blossom. The position of the Guanyin conveys the impression that the Bodhisattva might at any moment awake from deep contemplation and step down. The Bodhisattva's worldly ornaments, such as the high tiara and rich necklaces, are carved, gilded and painted in sumptuous detail.