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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1981554, member: 2844"]Definitely Guanyin. I think the one with the high hat could be Lu Dongbin, a Tang era scholar who is often regarded as an Immortal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is also Guanyin.</p><p>Guanyin was originally male, the Bodhisattva (Buddha aspect) Avalokiteshvara. In China Avalokiteshvara 'merged' with a pre-Buddhist Chinese Goddess. That is why Guanyin is often depicted as an androgynous figure, the way yours and gauntlett's are. The bare chest shows that he is not actually a she.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1981554, member: 2844"]Definitely Guanyin. I think the one with the high hat could be Lu Dongbin, a Tang era scholar who is often regarded as an Immortal. Yours is also Guanyin. Guanyin was originally male, the Bodhisattva (Buddha aspect) Avalokiteshvara. In China Avalokiteshvara 'merged' with a pre-Buddhist Chinese Goddess. That is why Guanyin is often depicted as an androgynous figure, the way yours and gauntlett's are. The bare chest shows that he is not actually a she.;)[/QUOTE]
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