Water Moon Guanyin

China, early Ming dynasty, 15th century

Wood with remains of colouring

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of compassion, sits here on a rock in the paradise of Potalaka, a bent leg connoting “royal serenity”. According to the traditional visual vocabulary, she is gazing at the moon reflected in the surface of the water at her feet. Her crown bears an image of the Buddha Amithaba (Chinese Emituofo), to whom Guanyin is assigned in the Buddhist pantheon.

455 images captured on an iPhone 15 Pro in 11 minutes at Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg.

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