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A bronze model of Guanyin and child riding on
a qilin
Ming Dynasty
The Goddess of Mercy wearing a robe with an
elaborate cloud collar and carrying a boy holding
out a lobed dish in both his hands, the figure seated
sideways on a separately cast two-horned qilin with
long slender legs supporting the scaly body, the head
turned with mouth gaping open and the bushy tail
curling upwards, wood stand.
25cm (9¾in) wide (3)
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$24,000 - 35,000 CNY19,000 - 28,000
明 騎麒麟觀音銅像
Provenance: a European private collection
來源：歐洲私人收藏
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A buffalo horn ‘magnolia’ libation cup
18th century
The dark amber-hued horn intricately carved with
a nine-petalled magnolia flower opening on a
reticulated twisting stem issuing eight smaller
opening flowers and further magnolia buds, a hook-
beaked long-tailed bird perching on one branch,
fixed wood stand.
19.5cm (7 5/8in) high
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$59,000 - 94,000 CNY47,000 - 75,000
十八世紀 水牛角雕玉蘭式杯
Provenance: a European private collection
來源：歐洲私人收藏
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