Guan Yin
Medium: New Zealand jade with enamel paint
Dimensions: 200 mm x 135 mm x 60 mm.
Year: 2002
Sold at Compendium Gallery, Auckland.
Background: Guan Yin is the Chinese Goddess of Mercy. In this carving I have portrayed her stoned, with Opium poppies as a protest against the Opium War by the British on the Chinese.