Tall Footed Blue and Whiter Butter Lamp with Lotus Motifs and Om Mani Padme Hum Mantra of Guanyin Avalokiteshvara

Butter Lamp with Lotus Motifs and “Om Mani Padme Hum” Mantra in Tibetan Script of Chenresig (Guanyin/Avalokiteshvara)

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Qianlong period (1736-1795)

  • Titles Butter Lamp with Lotus Motifs and "Om Mani Padme Hum" Mantra in Tibetan Script of Chenresig (Guanyin/Avalokiteshvara) (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
  • Dimensions 3 1/4 x 3 in. Diam. (8.3 x 7.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Thaddeus H. Crenshaw, 2002.113
  • Work Type lamp
  • Classification Containers
  • On View

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