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Kuanyin: OC.23-1938

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Kuanyin

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Description

Porcelain figure of Kuan-yin, seated with a globe in her right hand and a sceptre in her left. She is wearing a beaded necklace around her neck. Her gown is green with black, aubergine, and yellow floral and chequered decoration. There is a square hole in the back

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Leonard Daneham Cunliffe

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 16.5 cm
Height: 23.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Dating

K’ang Hsi (1662-1722)
1662 - 1722

Materials used in production

Porcelain

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.23-1938
Primary reference Number: 77648

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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