Guanyin - Chinese goddess of mercy
- Inventory number:
- Ск-77
- Author:
- Unknown
- Creation Date:
- 19th century
- Place of Creation:
- China
- Provenance:
- Museum of Ethnography and Crafts
- Technique:
- casting, polychromy
- Size:
- 12 cm
- Material:
- porcelain
- Type of object:
- Sculpture
- Subject:
- Buddhism
Guanyin is a bodhisattva (enlightened being in Buddhism) associated with compassion; a character from Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese mythologies who saves people from trouble.
