Carved Stone Seated Guanyin Statue Trays Early 19thC Gilded & Painted

Early 19thC Gilded & Painted Stone & Plaster Panel - Krishna

18 x 35 x 44 (wxdxh cms)

where simple forms are enriched with symbolic motifs and finely textured surfaces

most experts believe that true porcelain -which also originated in China - didn't emerge in the region until the Han Dynasty 202 BC to 220 AD

Designed with three small arched recesses

Carved Stone Seated Guanyin Statue Trays Early 19thC Gilded & PaintedThis reproduction Guanyin is the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with compassion and equivalent to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. Although originally recorded as living on Mount Potalaka, Guanyin is a prominent figure throughout East Asia. Each culture has an adopted home of Guanyin with pilgrimages in China, Japan, Tibet and Nepal. The pose of Dhyana Mudra was used by Buddha during his final meditation beneath the Bodhi tree before achieving