English: This late Ming dynasty dry-lacquer sculpture is an image of the bodhisattva Guanyin, an enlightened being venerated in Chinese Buddhism as an embodiment of compassion. Called a "Water-moon Guanyin" or "Guanyin sitting in Royal Ease," this theme and its iconography derive from textual inspiration found in the Avatamsaka Sutra (the central text of the Hua-yen school of Buddhism), and indigenous Chinese traditions. The dry lacquer technique was popular, but examples of this size and degree of refinement are rare.
== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Chinese |title = ''Seated Guanyin (Kuan-yin) Bodhisattva'' |description = {{en|This late Ming dynasty dry-lacquer sculpture is an image of the bodhisattva Guanyin,...