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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品                                        Another Property 另一件藏品

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A massive gilt and lacquered iron head of Guanyin                       A very rare large gilt dry-lacquer figure of a
Ming Dynasty                                                            dignitary
The head heavily cast with eyes closed and long bulbous earlobes,       17th century
the face covered in lacquer and gilt, with usnisha and slightly pursed  The impressive standing gold-coloured figure wearing long flowing
lips also painted reddish-brown, the hair piled high upon the head,     robes above the protruding shoes, adorned with relief decoration
coiled around a hairpin and set with a three-pointed crown, the hair    imitating embroidery of a full-faced dragon at the centre with further
and crown all painted bright blue.                                      writhing dragons on the arms and above the knees, all amidst cloud
60cm (23 5/8in) high                                                    scrolls, above the peaked rockwork flanked by a three-legged toad
£20,000 - 30,000                                                        and finger citron, the reverse more sparsely decorated, the head with
HK$250,000 - 370,000	CNY200,000 - 290,000                               red-coloured lips below the black and white coloured eyes, set with a
                                                                        dignitary’s hat.
明 鐵鎏金漆繪觀音頭像                                                             160cm (63in) high
Provenance: a European private collection                               £30,000 - 50,000
                                                                        HK$370,000 - 620,000	CNY290,000 - 490,000

來源:歐洲私人收藏                                                               十七世紀 鍍金漆繪文官立像

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