A Chinese Soapstone Figure of Avalokiteshvara
A Chinese Soapstone Figure of Avalokiteshvara
carved seated beside a standing boy, dressed in a loose robe cascading in ample folds and delicately engraved with foliate scrolls, holding a scroll in one hand, her face with a benevolent expression framed by a high chignon covered with a veil, the stand modeled as a pierced rock, Width 5.87 in. (14.9 cm.)
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A Chinese Soapstone Figure of Avalokiteshvara
carved seated beside a standing boy, dressed in a loose robe cascading in ample folds and delicately engraved with foliate scrolls, holding a scroll in one hand, her face with a benevolent expression framed by a high chignon covered with a veil, the stand modeled as a pierced rock, Width 5.87 in. (14.9 cm.)