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PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A MASSIVE AND IMPOSING SPINACH-GREEN JADE FIGURE
OF GUANYIN
1850-1910
Standing in flowing robes open at the upper chest to reveal simple
jewelry, the figure clutching a lingzhi spray and ruyi-head scepter in
both hands across her waist, her hair tied in a high topknot with ruyi-
headed hairpin.
29 1/2in (75cm) high; double lotus-lappet wood stand

$15,000 - 25,000
1900 年前後 碧玉觀音立像 配木座

Provenance (Sale catalog cover, 1950.)
Christie’s London, 12 October 1950, lot 121, formerly the property of
the Empress Eugenie
The Graham Collection, London, 12 October 1950 and thence by
direct descent to the present owner, a private English collector in the
US., 1970’s to the present day.

Published
The Times, London, 13 October 1950, a column in the paper relating
to various jades in the Christie’s sale including this figure of Guanyin
from Princess Eugenie which sold to the present owners father
(Graham) at 250 Guinea’s, a huge price in 1950.

出處：
倫敦佳士得 1950 年 10 月 12 日，拍品 121 號，法國 Eugenie 皇后藏
倫敦 The Graham Collection, 1950 年 10 月 12 日，後由現任藏家之
家族傳承，美國英裔私人收藏，1970 年代至今

出版記錄：
倫敦時報，1950 年 10 月 13 日，玉器專題報導，現任藏家的父親以 (Lot description in 1950 catalog.)
250 法郎買下此碧玉觀音，在當時是非常高的價格。

(The Times of London, sale review, 1950.)

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