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Re: Re: Re: Is this a Tara?

Posted By: Phillip Adams
Posted Date: Apr 10, 2011 (04:49 AM)

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Dear Diana,
Thanks for the extra image of the base plate. The condition of the plate and the method of its attachment would fit with the Manjusri being made relatively recently. In Chinese sculptural terms this could well include the time the sculpture was acquired in the 1980s.
The second scupture also appears to be cloisonne and I believe is about the same age as the Manjusri.
This statue represents Guanyin, [sometines spelled Kwan Yin or Kannon in Japanese]. Guanyin is the Buddhist godess of mercy and is one of the most popular deities in China and in fact right across the whole Northern Buddhist world.
As to the value of the sculptures I am not qualified to offer an opinion. They do not have a value for collectors of antique Buddhist bronzes. I think their value is what someone would be prepared to pay for them as decorative items and they are both attracative from that viewpoint.
Regards,
Phillip.

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