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A LARGE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE
OF GUANYIN ON A LION
Ming Dynasty
Seated in the posture of royal ease on a recumbent
horned mythical beast, its head turned upwards,
with ferocious open-mouthed expression, the
Bodhisattva wearing loose robes cast with floral
borders, adorned with jewels and beaded chains
on the chest, the hair pulled up in a tall top knot,
falling in long tresses over the shoulders, wearing
an elaborate crown with a small central figure of
Amitabha Buddha, the base cast with a broad band
of lotus petals within beaded borders.
32.5cm (12 3/4in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

明 銅鎏金獅吼觀音像

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A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHENWU
16th/17th century
The Daoist god cast seated on a faceted plinth
raised on short curling legs, with a tortoise and
snake at his bare feet, wearing over his armour
long flowing robes adorned at the hems with foliate
scrolls, with lotus decoration around his rotund belly,
holding in his raised right hand his belt against his
chest, with his left hand held in karana mudra, the
bearded face with eyes downcast, the finely-incised
hair flowing long at the back framed by a celestial
scarf.
33.8cm (13 1/4in) high.
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十六/十七世紀 銅真武大帝像

The cult for the Daoist god Zhenwu may have
originated during the Warring States period or Han
dynasty, when he was referred to as Xuanwu (Dark
Warrior). By the early Northern Song period, the
deity was transformed into the anthropomorphic
god known as the ‘perfected warrior’. However, it
was in the early Ming dynasty that Zhenwu’s status
was elevated to its highest influence and popularity.
Compare with a related bronze figure of Zhenwu,
15th/16th century, illustrated by S.Little, Taoism and
171 the Arts of China, Chicago, 2000, no.104.

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