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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9731467, member: 8267"]Welcome, [USER=84921]@Mike Mac Dnald[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>Your image looks like a rubbing of a carving of Guanyin, a "bodhisattva" in the Buddhist tradition. The original carving was probably located in a temple, but I have not been able to find it. There are many, many representations of Guanyin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rubbings were usually done using paper and black ink. So there is the possibility the image on silk is actually a copy of a rubbing, enhanced with color. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a video that demonstrates the Chinese process of producing a rubbing, in this case copying the design on a bronze vessel -</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]AR2nUVUOvOk[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9731467, member: 8267"]Welcome, [USER=84921]@Mike Mac Dnald[/USER]. Your image looks like a rubbing of a carving of Guanyin, a "bodhisattva" in the Buddhist tradition. The original carving was probably located in a temple, but I have not been able to find it. There are many, many representations of Guanyin. Rubbings were usually done using paper and black ink. So there is the possibility the image on silk is actually a copy of a rubbing, enhanced with color. Here is a video that demonstrates the Chinese process of producing a rubbing, in this case copying the design on a bronze vessel - [MEDIA=youtube]AR2nUVUOvOk[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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