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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA PRIVATE COLLECTION May 2018, lot 3132, whereby the face, hair, and treatment of
COLLECTION the drapery bear a strong resemblance to the present figure.
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
A POLYCHROME WOOD SCULPTURE OF QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY A smaller, slightly less refined gilt-bronze figure of the deity
AVALOKITESHVARA with turquoise beads inset into the jewelry, sold at Christie’s
London, 16th May 2013, lot 1493.
MING DYNASTY seated in ‘royal ease’ with the left hand placed on a book and
the right arm resting against the raised right knee, dressed in Paul Carson was a renowned organist in California from the
seated in rajalilasana on a lotus base supported on a waisted a long robe falling in gentle folds over the arms and legs and 1920s through the 1950s. He was the creator of the popular
hexagonal pedestal stand, both hands clasped around the pooling on the ground, the hem chased with a scrolling floral program ‘Bridge to Dreamland’ on NBC Pacific Coast
raised right knee, a sash draped over the shoulders, dressed brocade pattern, a dhoti tied at the waist, a multi-strand Network, served as the organist for nearly 20 years for the
in a dhoti tied at the waist and falling in loose folds over necklace covering the chest, the slender face slightly bowed radio soap opera ‘One Man’s Family’, and recorded nearly 50
the legs, the oval face peering outward with a dignified and with a serene expression, the hair pulled into a high chignon LPs, in addition to other accomplishments.
benevolent expression framed by hair pulled into a high except for a few long tresses extending over the shoulders,
chignon behind a diadem the base sealed, openwork wood stand (2) $ 30,000-50,000
Height 23½ in., 60 cm Height 7 in., 17.8 cm
清十七 / 十八世紀 銅鎏金觀音坐像
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
P.C. Lu & Sons, Hong Kong, April 1987. Collection of Paul Carson (d. 1978), and thence by descent. 來源：
Compare a closely related figure sold at Christie’s The present sculpture belongs to a rare subtype of gilt- Paul Carson (1978年逝) 收藏，此後家族傳承
Amsterdam, 5th December 2000, lot 374. Another related bronze figures of Guanyin made around the Kangxi period.
example attributed to the Liao dynasty, formerly in the The overall aesthetic relates to contemporaneous wire-inlaid
collections of Martin Erdmann and F. Brodie Lodge, sold bronze figures signed Shisou, but the present type differs
at Sotheby’s London, 7th June 1988, lot 48 and again at from the ‘Shisou’ group in that it is ornamented with gilding
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th May 2018, lot 2858, and now rather than wire inlay, and does not bear maker’s marks. A
resides in the collection of the Tsz Shan Museum, Hong closely related example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th
Kong, acc. no. 2018.08.
The outcome of radiocarbon analysis is consistent with the
dating of this lot.

$ 40,000-60,000

明 木雕加彩觀音坐像
來源：
魯氏父子有限公司，香港，1987年4月

本品經碳十四檢測，結果與其斷代相符

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