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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF STANDING

GUANYIN

MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

The figure of Guanyin is shown standing on a double-lotus base
raised on a hexagonal plinth, with the hand raised in vitarka mudra,
the left hand holding a vase, wearing a jewelled necklace, a dhoti
tied at waist, a celestial scarf over the arms, and a cloth draped over
the high top knot centred in the front by a figure of Amitabha
Buddha.
13 æ in. (35 cm.) high

HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000

PROVENANCE

A private collection, Texas, United States
Sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1781

LITERATURE

S. Marchant & Son, Imperial Chiense Porcelain, Ceramics & Works of
Art, London, 2013, pp. 100-1

This beautifully cast figure reflects the influence of late Tang style,
such as that embodied by a figure of standing Bodhisattva from
the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum,
included by Henry Trubner in The Arts of the Tang Dynasty, 1959, pp.
58-9, no. 101; another Tang example is included in The Crucibles of
Compassion and Wisdom, Special Exhibition Catalogue of The Buddhist
Bronzes from the Nitta Grouop Collection at the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, 1987, p. 183, pl. 87.

明十六/十七世紀 鎏金銅觀音立像

來源
美國德州私人珍藏
紐約佳士得，2012年3月22日，拍品1781號

著錄
S. Marchant & Son，《Imperial Chiense Porcelain, Ceramics &
Works of Art》，倫敦，2013年，頁100-1

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