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A LARGE INLAID WHITE JADE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY
清十八至十九世紀 白玉觀世音菩薩立像
well worked from a translucent substantial boulder, the
standing figure rendered with the left hand resting on the right
wrist, portrayed dressed in a layered robe opening at the chest
to reveal a tasselled necklace, the loose robe cascading down
in voluminous folds suggesting the weight of the garment, the
face with a benevolent and peaceful expression framed by a
pair of pendulous earlobes and neatly incised hair beneath a
cowl, the centre of the forehead inlaid with a pink urna, the
stone of an even white colour with faint veins, the later added
green jade stand worked in the form of a double-lotus pedestal
with a central beaded border
27.1 cm, 10⅝ in.
HK$ 1,500,000-2,000,000
US$ 192,000-256,000
