北宋 彩繪石雕僧伽和尚像 (石灰石), Monk Sengqie, late 11th–12th century

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北宋 彩繪石雕僧伽和尚像 (石灰石), Monk Sengqie, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), late 11th–12th century, China, Limestone with pigment, H. 35 in. ( cm); W. 22 1/2 in. ( cm); D. 20 1/2 in. ( cm), Sculpture, This sculpture is a rare representation of Sengqie (ca. 660–710), a monk from central Asia who founded a temple in Sizhou (modern Liuhuai, Anhui Province), on the south shore of the Huai River. Popularly known as the Monk of Sizhou, he was venerated after his death as an incarnation of Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

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