chinoiserie dept: reproducing form

08.iI.1430

I'm not much fond of sculpture but this wood sculpture is really, verily vow!


("Bodhisattva Guanyin; 11th/12th century A.D.; Polychromed Wood; Chinese; Shanxi Province; Liao Dynasty (907-1125)" , north song 960–1127 or jin dynasty )
src: click photograph

there are of course equivalent specimens in the history of european sculpture , even equally with wood which must demand more delicate subtleties, but the age range of the statue, and moreover the choice of this pose / posture , and for a buddha, make it particularly interesting.