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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 822154, member: 2844"]Yes, it is Guanyin. Even though there are no attributes, the crown with the Amithaba Buddha in the centre is a sign. If it is real, the face and other parts of the body would have been gilded as the face and ear are now, the hair, clothing and jewellery wouldn't.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sorry, that is all I can say about it. I have some knowledge of the iconography, but distinguishing genuine from the amazingly good fakes the Chinese have been producing over the last few decades is beyond me. You would need a true expert for that.</p><p>If it is real, it looks like there would have been a body as well. They could have been separated during the Cultural Revolution, but that is just a guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 822154, member: 2844"]Yes, it is Guanyin. Even though there are no attributes, the crown with the Amithaba Buddha in the centre is a sign. If it is real, the face and other parts of the body would have been gilded as the face and ear are now, the hair, clothing and jewellery wouldn't. I am sorry, that is all I can say about it. I have some knowledge of the iconography, but distinguishing genuine from the amazingly good fakes the Chinese have been producing over the last few decades is beyond me. You would need a true expert for that. If it is real, it looks like there would have been a body as well. They could have been separated during the Cultural Revolution, but that is just a guess.[/QUOTE]
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