A BRONZE CIRCULAR 'GUANYIN' BUDDHIST DISC MING DYNASTY

of flattened circular form, finely cast on one side with the 'Thousand-Armed' Guanyin in low relief, seated in meditation on a lotus base, the principle hands clasped in ksepana mudra, the multiple arms carrying bajixiang emblems on the right and weaponry on the left, the reverse with lança script at the centre and arranged around the edge, incised with a four-character Xuande mark on the stem

Michael Merton Antiques, London, 1982.

The reverse face with lança script has a heavily pitted area.
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In Hawthorn's opinion, this may indeed be Xuande period, but in the absence of definitive evidence, it is attributed to the Ming dynasty only.