63″ Antique Bronze Guan Yin Standing Atop The Lotus Base

Antique gold gilded Guan Yin standing atop a lotus that flows on an ocean wave. She’s holding her vase done as a symbol of offering water to the barren land. Or giving blessing to the people in need. A large temple piece made around mid 19th century.

Guanyin is a bodhisattva associated with compassion known as Avalokiteśvara. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means “[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World”. Originally regarded as male in Indian Buddhism, Guanyin has been more commonly depicted as female in China and most of East Asia since about the 12th century. On the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, Guanyin’s attainment of Buddhahood is celebrated.Guanyin has been incorporated in other religions, including Taoism and Chinese folk religion.

The twenty-fifth chapter of the Lotus Sutra, one of the most popular sacred texts in the Buddhist canon. The Lotus Sutra describes Avalokiteśvara as a bodhisattva who can take the form of any type of god. Which describes thirty-three specific manifestations that Guanyin can assume to assist other beings seeking salvation. These forms encompass a Buddha, a pratyekabuddha, an arhat, King Brahma, Sakra (Indra), Isvara, Mahesvara (Shiva), a great heavenly general, Vaiśravaṇa, a Cakravartin, a minor king, an elder, a householder, a chief minister, a Brahmin, a bhikkhu, a bhikkhunī, a Upāsaka, a Upāsikā, a wife, a young boy, a young girl, a deva, a nāga, a yaksha, a gandharva, an asura, a garuḍa, a kinnara, a Mahoraga, a human, a non-human and Vajrapani. Representations of the bodhisattva in China prior to the Song dynasty (960–1279) were masculine in appearance. Images which later displayed attributes of both genders are believed to be in accordance with the Lotus Sutra, where Avalokitesvara has the supernatural power of assuming any form required to relieve suffering, and also has the power to grant children. Because this bodhisattva is considered the personification of compassion and kindness, a mother goddess and patron of mothers and seamen, the representation in China was further interpreted in an all-female form around the 12th century. On occasion, Guanyin is also depicted holding an infant in order to further stress the relationship between the bodhisattva, maternity, and birth. In the modern period, Guanyin is most often represented as a beautiful, white-robed woman, a depiction which derives from the earlier Pandaravasini form.

Guanyin is an extremely popular goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. She is worshiped in many Chinese communities throughout East and Southeast Asia.

In good condition, though big surface area of the Guan Yin is blackened due to the incense burning in the temple before. The price is commensurate with age and condition. We have tried to include these in the photos. Kindly check photos for better understanding. Originally from China. One of a kind.

Dimensions: 14″ x 16″ x 63″

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*Antique piece. Sell in used, pre-owned condition. Vintage and antique items by nature have variable amounts of wear, imperfections, signs of use, age and time. Perfectly imperfect. Condition shown as in pictures. Kindly contact us if you need more info. or detail pictures.