Beautiful and Varied Pagoda Shrines from Stairway of Shwe Dagon, Rangoon, Burma

Keystone View Company

Late 19th-early 20th century

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Sleeping Boy, China, jade
Monju (Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom) riding a Flying Lion. Monju holds a book and a ruyi scepter. The Lion appear to be plunging in flight.
Whiling away the Summer at Li Wan, Wu Deyi, ink and color on silk
Ku37. This is a beautiful pair of silver répoussé and chased candlesticks. The pattern of hand-worked flowers and intricate vines against a finely stippled background is typically Kutch. A glass hurricane or cylinder shade would have fit into the top channel, to shield the candle from drafts.