A VERY RARE BUDDHIST VOTIVE PAINTING DATED KANGXI THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1696 AND OF THE PERIOD Finely painted and with elaborate details executed on silk, depicting five manifestations of Guanyin, each figure emanating a nimbus framing a full face, the main central figure wearing a diadem with an image of the Amitabha, dressed in a loose flowing robe draped across the shoulders to reveal beaded jewellery chains adorning the bare chest, holding an upright lotus spray with both hands, the other four figures similarly painted, all against a dense swirling cloud background, the bottom right label bearing the inscriptions of the donors, and the left corner inscribed with the date and the name of the artist 52 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (133.3 x 75 cm.) framed and glazed
A VERY RARE BUDDHIST VOTIVE PAINTING DATED KANGXI THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1696 AND OF THE PERIOD Finely painted and with elaborate details executed on silk, depicting five manifestations of Guanyin, each figure emanating a nimbus framing a full face, the main central figure wearing a diadem with an image of the Amitabha, dressed in a loose flowing robe draped across the shoulders to reveal beaded jewellery chains adorning the bare chest, holding an upright lotus spray with both hands, the other four figures similarly painted, all against a dense swirling cloud background, the bottom right label bearing the inscriptions of the donors, and the left corner inscribed with the date and the name of the artist 52 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (133.3 x 75 cm.) framed and glazed
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