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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:one of a pair of Blanc de chine figures
Date Made:early 20th century
Materials:Ceramic; porcelain; hard-paste porcelain (blanc de chine)
Place Made:Asia; China
Measurements:Overall: 18 1/2 in; 47 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1984.18.18a
Credit Line:Gift of Weston P. and Rebecca Partridge Figgins (Class of 1940), in honor of her class.
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Standing sculpture of Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) in flowing robes and holding a lotus and a lotus leave in her left hand upon a lotus pedestal.

Tags:
pottery; religion; Buddhism; female

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