<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Many thanks, Krista Schepis, and that is not only prompt but also quite convincing and conclusive! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Kuan Yin, more often spelt Guan Yin, is indeed the Chinese goddess of mercy and compassion. Before getting transported and transformed to China, she was a he in India, a frequently depicted Buddhist deity called the Avalokiteshvara (aka Padmapani, the Lotus-in-Hand figure). One of the most famous representations of this deity is from the caves of Ajanta in central India. (For starters, Wikipedia has a sound enough entry, including a reproduction of this iconic mural.) </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">A kitsch statue I bought of Guan Yin some years ago in Hong Kong showed her holding a pot in one hand with its narrow mouth facing down, from which water would drip, drop by slow drop, into the mouth of a crocodile lying at the feet of the goddess. "It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven..." And this was supposed to go on perpetually, until the water needed to be replenished in our hot climate. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">I look forward to seeing a sharper image of the figure at Charleston. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Did Roger Fry ever write about this or any other Indian/Chinese figures? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Best wishes. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"> </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4" face="monospace,monospace">Harish Trivedi</font> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 at 22:49, Krista Schepis <<a href="mailto:kschepis@gmail.com">kschepis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Greetings,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I believe I have found information about this statue on this page, <a href="https://www.charleston.org.uk/charleston-room-by-room/" target="_blank">https://www.charleston.org.uk/charleston-room-by-room/</a>, clicking "The Studio" as the room of interest. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>This site tells us: "The walls are deliberately painted in neutral tones as a background for paintings. The fireplace decorations, a pair of florid caryatids painted by Duncan Grant onto wooden panels around 1935, provide a focus for the room. The tiles behind the stove are by Vanessa Bell, c.1925-30. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">The figure of the Chinese Goddess of Mercy, Kuan Yin, on the mantel shelf is a cast of a sixth century AD original which was owned by Roger Fry</span>."</div><div><br></div><div>Not sure if that's the one you were thinking of....</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Krista Schepis</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 1:11 PM Harish Trivedi via Vwoolf <<a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Would anyone know what that Hindu/Buddhist statue is right in the centre of the mantelpiece? I had no idea any of the Bloomsbury group were into appreciating Indian art, much less collecting it. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Any info most welcome. A sharper image of that sculpture would be welcome too. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large">Best wishes to all. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"> </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4" face="monospace,monospace">Harish Trivedi</font> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 at 21:37, Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf <<a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Three articles on Charleston--the expansion and the acquisition of Duncan Grant's famous women plates. One on the Bloomsbury Hotel.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a href="https://thespaces.com/the-bloomsbury-groups-storied-charleston-house-expands/" class="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406m_-927450796958979654OWAAutoLink" id="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406m_-927450796958979654LPlnk255074" target="_blank">https://thespaces.com/the-bloomsbury-groups-storied-charleston-house-expands/</a></p>
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<a id="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406m_-927450796958979654LPUrlAnchor_15368545631350.3993274350507132" href="https://thespaces.com/the-bloomsbury-groups-storied-charleston-house-expands/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">The Bloomsbury Group’s storied Charleston house expands</a></div>
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<a href="http://thespaces.com" target="_blank">thespaces.com</a></div>
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With a new gallery by Jamie Fobert Architects</div>
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<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bloomsbury-group-s-country-home-to-open-all-year-round" class="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406m_-927450796958979654OWAAutoLink" id="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406m_-927450796958979654LPlnk708933" target="_blank">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bloomsbury-group-s-country-home-to-open-all-year-round</a>
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<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/06/famous-women-orlando-charleston-review-grant-bell-bloomsbury" class="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406m_-927450796958979654OWAAutoLink" id="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406m_-927450796958979654LPlnk289998" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/06/famous-women-orlando-charleston-review-grant-bell-bloomsbury</a></p>
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A jokey Famous Women Dinner Service and a faint celebration of Woolf’s novel Orlando are lightweight openers for the Bloomsbury Group shrine’s spacious new galleries</div>
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And...one more review of the Bloomsbury Hotel.
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a href="https://sg.asiatatler.com/life/hotel-review-tatler-checks-into-the-bloomsbury-hotel-in-london" class="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406m_-927450796958979654OWAAutoLink" id="m_-9197574212490096223m_-7035610161035604406m_-927450796958979654LPlnk204465" target="_blank">https://sg.asiatatler.com/life/hotel-review-tatler-checks-into-the-bloomsbury-hotel-in-london</a><br>
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