A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANDI QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY |

the heroic figure poised on a rectangular seat with the hands resting on the thighs, wearing a cloth cap above a knitted brow, the sleeves of the robe billowing out from beneath elaborate armor detailed with beast-masks incised at the epaulets and cast in relief at the belly, leafy scrolls incised at the hem, the back of the armor finely decorated with a lotus scroll, all raised on a square plinth with scrolled corners, the base sealed with a copper plate inscribed with a vishvavajra

The Chang Foundation Collection.

Jintongfo zaoxiang tulu/Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei, 1993, pl. 85.

In overall good condition with expected minor wear, minor dents, and pitting. With scattered areas of oxidation. The base plate retained.
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Guan Yu, also called Guan Di and Guan Gong, is regarded as a hero from the period of the warring Three Kingdoms, as a Daoist deity, and as a Buddhist guardian. In Buddhism the guardian is worshipped as Jialan Zunzhe, and is traditionally located at the left lower corner of a Chinese altar, opposite the bodhisattva Skanda, or Weituo.