Silver Plated Seated Guanyin Statue Material - Paulownia Wood Features: Coalbrookdale Style Ornate Cast

Features: Coalbrookdale Style Ornate Cast Iron Ends With Scrolled And Floral Decoration

and even sewing bits

These caskets would have been used daily by families for keeping cash and valuables

This jar has been decorated with the 'double happiness' symbol on a beautifully detailed floral background

19th Century

Silver Plated Seated Guanyin Statue Material - Paulownia Wood Features: Coalbrookdale Style Ornate CastThis Guanyin sitting above a lotus plant in what is known as the "lotus position." Guanyin is the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with compassion and equivalent to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. Although originally recorded as living on Mount Potalaka, Guanyin is a prominent figure throughout East Asia. Each culture has an adopted home of Guanyin with pilgrimages in China, Japan, Tibet and Nepal. From China UK Delivery Charge except Highlands & Islands