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AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE AND RARE
SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF
GUANYIN
LATE MING DYNASTY, HE CHAOZONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL
MARK WITHIN A SQUARE IN SILVER-INLAY
The graceful figure is superbly cast standing on a cloud base,
dressed in voluminous robes characterised by heavy folds with
the hems inlaid with lotus scrolls, while open at chest to reveal
a bejewelled necklace. The face has a benevolent expression
rendered with the urna of wisdom and with pendulous earlobes.
Her hair is secured with a ruyi-head diadem and covered beneath
a cowl finely inlaid with lingzhi scrolls on the hems, with a four-
character mark within a square reading He Chaozong yin, ‘The seal
of He Chaozong’, on the reverse.
23¬ in. (58.8 cm.) high
HK$3,000,000-5,000,000 US$390,000-650,000

LITERATURE
Michael Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, A.D. 1100-1900,
London, 1989, no. 7

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出版
Michael Goedhuis，《Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, A.D. 1100-
1900》，倫敦，1989 年，圖版 7 號

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