Date : approx. between the XVIIIth and the XIXth century
Material : Porcelaine émaillée
Dynastie Qing
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Far East Art
Sculpture (Statuette)
Vitrine : 12 (Ref. 1)
Area related
People's Republic of China
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The seven eyes (three on the face and one on each hand and foot) symbolise the all-seing, compassionate nature of the Bodhisattva.
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Tibetan history
Tibet is situated between the two ancient civilizations of China and India, but the tangled mountain ranges the Tibetan Plateau and the towering Himalayas serve to distance it from both.
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