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AN AMBER CARVING OF GUANYIN AND CHILD 明末/清初 琥珀雕送子觀音像
GROUP
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 來源
The amber is carved as Guanyin seated in lalitasana wearing loose 山中商會，紐約，1940年12月10日
robes with billowing ribbons and holding a child in her arms. The Georges Estoppey（1889-1970），瑞士，編號97
material is of a deep orange-red tone. 巴黎蘇富比，2011年12月15日，拍品38號
4 º in. (11 cm.) high, wood stand
展覽
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000 國家自然歷史博物館，《Georges Estoppey Collection of
Jade》，華盛頓，1942 年 1 月 15 日 -3 月 1 日
PROVENANCE
Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 10 December 1940
Georges Estoppey (1889-1970), Switzerland, inventory no. 97
Sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 15 December 2011, lot 38
EXHIBITED
National Collection of Fine Arts, National Museum of Natural
History, Washington D.C., Georges Estoppey Collection of Jade,
15 January - 15 March, 1942
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