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AN AMBER CARVING OF GUANYIN AND CHILD 明末/清初 琥珀雕送子觀音像

LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 來源
山中商會，紐約，1940年12月10日
The amber is carved as Guanyin seated in lalitasana wearing loose Georges Estoppey (1889-1970)，瑞士，編號97
robes with billowing ribbons and holding a child in her arms. The 巴黎蘇富比，2011年12月15日，拍品38號
material is of a deep orange-red tone.
4 º in. (11 cm.) high, wood stand 展覽
國家自然歷史博物館，《Georges Estoppey Collection of Jade》，
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-91,000 華盛頓，1942年1月15日-3月1日

PROVENANCE

Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 10 December 1940
Georges Estoppey (1889-1970), Switzerland, inventory no. 97
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 15 December 2011, lot 38

EXHIBITED

National Collection of Fine Arts, National Museum of Natural
History, Washington D.C., Georges Estoppey Collection of Jade, 15
January - 15 March, 1942

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