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MANUEL CASTILHO | <strong>ORIENTE</strong> • <strong>OCIDENTE</strong> 2<br />

208<br />

50<br />

Menino de Ouro<br />

MADEIRA COM POLICROMIA<br />

CHINA, DINASTIA MING, SÉC. XVI/XVII<br />

36 X 100CM<br />

Graciosa escultura em madeira com restos de<br />

policromia representando um dos acólitos de<br />

Guanyin, o Menino de Ouro. Apresenta-se<br />

como um menino gordinho chinês, em pé,<br />

numa postura que sugere uma ligeira torção<br />

do corpo e com a cabeça vagamente virada<br />

para a sua direita. Sendo um dos acólitos da<br />

Guanyin está de mãos postas, em adoração à<br />

deusa da compaixão, a sua mentora.<br />

A cabeça está esculpida com feições cheias,<br />

boca pequena e os olhos são de vidro<br />

embutido. O penteado é em forma de<br />

pequenas madeixas atadas por laços. Veste<br />

Golden Boy<br />

WOOD AND POLYCHROMY<br />

CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENT<br />

36 X 100CM<br />

A charming carved wood and plychromed<br />

figure of one of Guanyin´s acolytes, the<br />

Golden Boy. He is presented as a chubby<br />

Chinese young boy standing in a slightly<br />

swaying posture, his head with a delicate<br />

motion to his right. As one of Guanyn’s<br />

acolytes he is depicted with clasped hands, in<br />

adoration of the goddess of mercy, his<br />

mentor. The head is carved with plump facial<br />

features, small mouth and chin and the eyes<br />

are inset glass. The hair is arranged in small<br />

locks tied with ribbons. He wears a light<br />

multi-layered garment with sashes and<br />

scarves and is barefooted.<br />

Guanyin, the Chinese form of the Indian<br />

Buddhist Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara<br />

becomes with time, in China, a female<br />

divinity, the goddess of mercy. She is often<br />

depicted with two acolytes who came to her

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