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PROPERTY FROM A
PRIVATE MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION
1263
A SILVER WIRE-INLAID BRONZE
FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17TH CENTURY
The Goddess of Mercy is shown seated holding
a scroll in her right hand. Her robes, which fall
gracefully around her body, are inlaid in silver wire
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with clouds and on the back with a Shisou mark. ith clouds and on the back with a Shisou mark.
T The base is inscribed with Yuanhe sannian zaozhi he base is inscribed with Yuanhe sannian zaozhi
( (made in the 3rd year of Yuanhe).made in the 3rd year of Yuanhe).
7 7¿ in. (18.1 cm.) high¿ in. (18.1 cm.) high
$
$15,000-18,00015,000-18,000
A A similar seated bronze fgure of Guanyin with similar seated bronze fgure of Guanyin with
a
a Shisou mark was sold at Bonham’s San Shisou mark was sold at Bonham’s San
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Francisco, 26 June 2018, lot 49.rancisco, 26 June 2018, lot 49.
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(another view)

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