Page 265 - Christie's Fine Chinese Paintings March 19 2019 Auction

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTOR
1768
A CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL SEATED
FIGURE OF GUANYIN
LATE QING DYNASTY
The Goddess of Mercy is shown seated with her
right arm gently placed on her raised right knee,
and her left elbow resting on an arm rest while
holding a sutra in her left hand.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE
Avery Brundage (1887-1975) Collection.
Frank Caro, New York, 1978.
晚清 水晶觀音坐像

ANOTHER PROPERTY
1769
AN INSCRIBED SOAPSTONE SEAL
LATE QING DYNASTY
The seal of square section is carved with a double-
lion fnial and incised on one side with a lengthy
inscription followed by a cyclical date, renyin
(1902), and a signature, Huang Shiling. The seal
faced is carved with a four-character phrase, bai
yun hong shu (white clouds, red tree).
3¿ in. (8 cm) high.

1768
$6,000-8,000

Huang Shiling (1849-1908) was a master
carver from Yi county, Anhui province. His
seal engravings exhibit strong infuence from
Han seals and from inscriptions of Shang and
Zhou bronzes. Huang’s unique style in carving
established him as the founder of the Yishan
School in the late Qing period. The Yishan School
is also known as the Yue School, since Huang
sojourned in Guangdong for many years and thus
contributed heavily to the development of seal
engraving in that region.
The inscription on the side of the present seal
indicates that the inscription was carved for
Ouyang Wuyun (b.1864) to commemorate his
acquisition of this seal from the Gu Collection.
晚清 黃士陵款壽山石印
印文: 白雲紅樹

1769 (impression) 1769