Two figures of the Bodhisattva Buanyin with child

blanc de chine, heights 45 cm; 39.8 cm

These two form a group of eleven figures of Guanyins at Boughton are very similar in that they both show the Bodhisattva seated on a rocky throne among waves, from which a sea dragon emerges. To one side is a gourd flask containing heavenly ambrosia, and to the other a sutra book and scroll. On her lap is a baby boy, and at her feet two more small boys.

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