Author: KAPUTZ, R.,
Title: Maria im Fernen Osten. Das Problem der Kuan Yun. [Erste Auflage; First edition].
Description: Leipzig-München-Planegg-Wien, Otto Wilhelm Barth, 1925. Original cloth, gilded cover-title. 99pp. 32 monochrome full-page illustrations after chinese sculptures of various materials, featuring the Virgin Mary and Kwan Yin, preceded by a detailed description[Scriften der Völkerkunde]. German language cultural-anthropological inquiry into devotion of the Virgin Mary in China compared with the chinese goddess Kwan Yin. Good copy in orig. publ. cloth. (endpapers spotted, private ms. inscription at recte of f.e.p.).

Keywords: virgin mary kwan yin devotion christianity comparison culture anthropology sculpture chinese statues history china far east asia