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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
8039 One possible missing object for this figure’s hands could have been
a child, identifying this as the Songzi Guanyin or Avalokitesvara giver
A LARGE GILT LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED of sons. A slightly smaller gilt-lacquered wood Guanyin dated to the
BODHISATTVA 17th/18th century was offered in our London New Bond Street show
Qing dynasty rooms as lot 245 in their sale 23237 of 12 May 2016. That figure
Her hood loosely covering a high crowned chignon above a serene shared a similar peaceful expression and similarly rendered jeweled
expression above a chest adorned in elaborate jewels, the hands raiment as the present lot.
rendered to support a now lost implement resting upon the legs
leisurely held in the rajalalitasana posture of royal ease, carved to sit
upon a now lost throne or plinth.
26 1/2in (67.5cm) high
US$8,000 - 12,000
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