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c. 1776

Yokeback Armchair for Guanyin

Artist/maker unknown

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This chair was made for a temple statue of Guanyin. The inscription on the chair reads, "The Bodhisattva Guanyin; set on the ninth month of the forty-first year of Qianlong; donated at Xin-an by the disciple Zheng Dianwen."

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Artist/maker unknown, Yokeback Armchair for Guanyin, c. 1776 | Philadelphia Museum of Art