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A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SONGZI
GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
seated in lalitasana with both hands cradling a
boy on the knee, dressed in robes incised with
cloud scrolls, open at the chest and falling in
thick folds over the body, the face serene with
downcast eyes below a high chignon beneath a
cowl, the boy with a smile, the stone an opaque
greenish-yellow, traces of pigment, stand (2)
Height 7¼ in., 18.5 cm
$ 6,000-8,000

清十八世紀 壽山石雕送子觀
音坐像

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A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF LI
TIEGUAI
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
standing with one foot slightly off the ground
and leaning on a cane, the left hand holding 853
a double gourd, the face with a content
expression, adorned in a flowing robe edged
with cloud brocade and patterned with
flowerheads, falling off one shoulder to reveal
the bony chest and ribs, the beige stone
variegated with red and grey, mounted on an
octagonal pedestal base, traces of pigment
Height 10¾ in., 17.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 2009.
$ 6,000-8,000

十七 / 十八世紀 壽山石雕鐵拐
李立像

來源
Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2009年

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