17TH CENTURY

The Songzi representation of Guanyin, or the 'Bringer of Sons,' is identifiable by the boy seated on her knee. A related, though larger (42.3 cm.) gilt-bronze figure of Songzi Guanyin seated on a lotus base, is illustrated by H. Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, 1967, no. 73.