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236 WT This sculpture of Guanyin, sitting in the posture of ‘Royal Ease’, on a
A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD SEATED FIGURE OF GUANYIN rocky throne, would have been the main image in a Buddhist temple.
16th/17th century Worshipped as the Bodhisattva of Compassion, the deity had powers
Carved seated on rockwork in rajalalitasana with the right arm rested to rescue believers and bring them to salvation. It is possible that the
on the right knee, wearing loose robes open at the chest to reveal an sculpture originated from Shanxi Province as Taiyuan and Wutaishan
elaborate necklace, the face with a benevolent expression beneath the were two important Buddhist centres. The fleshy modelling of the
hair piled up into a high chignon behind a foliate tiara enclosing a small figures with a naturalistic face and a voluminous body were typical
Amithaba Buddha. features typical of the Song to Ming periods. A related example, dating
115cm (45 2/8in) high to the Song dynasty, is included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, no.28.56; another in the British Museum is illustrated by
£8,000 - 12,000 CNY73,000 - 110,000 W.Zwalf, Buddhism: Art and Faith, London, 1985, p.206.
HK$88,000 - 130,000

十六/十七世紀 木胎彩繪輪王坐觀世音菩薩像

The result of a radiocarbon dating measurement test, RCD
Lockinge Radiocarbon Dating Measurment Report, sample
no.RCD-8585, states 95% confidence interval for AD1514 to
AD1600 (49.0%) and AD1616 to AD1668 (42.4%) and AD1782 to
AD1798 (4.0%).