20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Period: 20th Century
Color: Silver
Collection of Six Miniature Silver Pigs & Wild Boar
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Collection of Six Miniature Silver Pigs & Wild Boar
A delightful collection of six miniature pigs and wild boar in solid silver with some lovely detail.
The set was sourced in so...
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French 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
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Ganesh Small Silver Hindu Diety Statue Amulet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Thai Cast Silver Alloy Standing Buddha, Mid 20th Century, Thailand
Located in Austin, TX
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Asian Silver Sculpture of an Old Indian farmer Wearing Traditional Clothes
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Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Chinese Fine Old Pair of Gilt Silver Fragrance Incense Holders
Located in South Burlington, VT
China fine pair (2) of handcrafted gilt silver fragrance incense holders
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Guanyin, Kwanyin, Guanshiyin or Guanyin Pusa is the Chinese interpretation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (the goddess of comfort and mercy). In addition, she is seen in Taoism as an immortal. The scripture dedicated to her is Dabeizhou. Guanyin is the goddess of compassion and the sea. She is one of the three saints of the western paradise, along with Mahasthamaprapta and Amitabha Buddha; they are worshiped to save departed loved ones from hell and grant them entrance to the western paradise.
Guanyin
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 觀音
Simplified Chinese 观音
Transcriptions
Full Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 觀世音
Simplified Chinese 观世音
Literal meaning "[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World"
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Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 觀自在
Simplified Chinese 观自在
Literal meaning "Lord who Gazes down on the World"
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Burmese name
Burmese ကွမ်ယင်
IPA [kwàɴ jɪ̀ɴ]
Tibetan name
Tibetan སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet Quan Âm (Quán Âm)
Quán Thế Âm (Quan Thế Âm)
Quán Tự Tại
Chữ Hán 觀音
觀世音
觀自在
Thai name
Thai กวนอิม, พระอวโลกิเตศวรโพธิสัตว์
RTGS Kuan Im, Phra Avalokitesuan
Korean name
Hangul 관음, 관세음, 관자재
Hanja 觀音, 觀世音, 觀自在
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Mongolian name
Mongolian script ᠨᠢᠳᠦ ᠪᠡᠷ
ᠦᠵᠡᠭᠴᠢ
Japanese name
Kanji 観音, 観世音, 観自在
Hiragana かんのん, かんぜおん, かんじざい
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Indonesian name
Indonesian Kwan Im, Kwan She Im, Awalokiteswara
Filipino name
Tagalog Guanyin (ᜄᜓᜀᜈᜌᜒᜈ)
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Khmer name
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Hmong name
Hmong Kabyeeb, Niam-Txiv Kabyeeb, Dabpog, Niam-Txiv Dabpog
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