Period:Ming dynasty Production date:17thC-18thC (circa)
Materials:soapstone, stone,
Technique:carved
Subjects:attendant bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 18.80 centimetres Width: 9.70 centimetres Depth: 5.20 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Guanyin, seated on a lotus with two attendants (the left hand figure is missing its head). Made of carved soapstone or steatite.
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Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 1177 “1177. A Chinese Do sitting on their Water Lilly wt. String of beads in his right hand & 2 boys on each side in the same.”; Do in reference to Miscellanea Miscellanies 1176 “1176. A Chinese figure of a man Standing with a bird & deer on his right & left side in past or alabaster.”
Materials:soapstone, stone,
Technique:carved
Subjects:attendant bodhisattva
Dimensions:Height: 18.80 centimetres Width: 9.70 centimetres Depth: 5.20 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Guanyin, seated on a lotus with two attendants (the left hand figure is missing its head). Made of carved soapstone or steatite.
IMG
Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 1177 “1177. A Chinese Do sitting on their Water Lilly wt. String of beads in his right hand & 2 boys on each side in the same.”; Do in reference to Miscellanea Miscellanies 1176 “1176. A Chinese figure of a man Standing with a bird & deer on his right & left side in past or alabaster.”
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