Antique Handcarved Wood “Quanyin” Buddha

For your consideration… A venerable hand carved Guanyin Buddhist Goddess
Traditional Chinese 觀世音
Simplified Chinese 观世音
Literal meaning “[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World
Literal meaning “Lord who Gazes down on the World”
A Bodhisattva associated with compassion. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion.She was first given the appellation “Goddess of Mercy” or “Mercy Goddess” by Jesuit missionaries in China. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means “[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World.”On the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, Guanyin’s attainment of Buddhahood is celebrated.

Some Buddhists believe that when one of their adherents departs from this world, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhāvatī.[4] Guanyin is often referred to as the “most widely beloved Buddhist Divinity”[5] with miraculous powers to assist all those who pray to her, as is mentioned in the Pumen chapter of Lotus Sutra and Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra.

Made of a Cypress Tree that has not been cut but is usually broken by a storm or age

so the branch chooses the artisan

Measures 16.50” x 5.5” x 4.5”
Beads are 22” Diam and they will accompany the statue.
Carved entirely as these devotional statues are often viewed from many sides.