Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: FH01-121. The image on the centre right is Guanyin (Chinese name for Avalokiteśvara), the bodhisattva of compassion. This photograph may have been taken in Beijing (北京).

Date

1932

Tags

• sculpture
• religion
• temple
• Buddhism
• Buddhist
• ritual
• bronze
• candle
• worship
• Hagger
• bodhisattva
• Guanyin
• goddess
• candlestick

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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