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Kuan Yin
Buddhist figure: Kuan Yin sitting (female)
Lost Art-ID
623024
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Chinese (Ming Dynasty))
Title
Kuan Yin
Additional title
Buddhist figure: Kuan Yin sitting (female)
Dating
1368/1645
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze) / gilded
Height
16.50 cm
Description
Goddess sitting on a rock on which are stylised clouds; she wears a headscarf around her head; around her body a cloak with long sleeves; neck and chest bare; in her left hand an oil bottle; right hand a lotus stick.
Provenance
1922 acquired by Herbert Ginsberg from H. Meyl, Munich; 1921 - at least end of 1929 Ostasiatica collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; after 1945 no longer in the possession of Herbert Ginsberg; circumstances of loss unknown - a loss as a result of Nazi persecution cannot be ruled out. Whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921, Abschnitt: Bronzen, 2. Figuren, Nr. 21.
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