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COLLECTION OF EINAR JOLIN (1890-1976)
瑞典畫家Einar Jolin (1890-1976)珍藏

Born in 1890, the Swedish painter Einar Jolin was
well known for his highly decorative portraits,
landscapes and still lifes characterised by the
use of bright and clean colours and a naïve
Expressionist style. Although strongly inspired
by Matisse, the Oriental art that he discovered
at Musée Guimet in Paris was even more
infuential to his artistic style. Soon enough
the Chinese and Japanese art works from
his personal collection became the essential
props of his interior paintings during his long
career as a painter. The current bronze fgure
of Guanyin is gracefully presented next to a
archaic gu vase and a pebble bowl in an oil
canvas by the artist dated 1951.

瑞典畫家 Einar Jolin (1890-1976) 以其極富裝飾性的人物肖像、風景以及靜物
而聞名，其作品色彩乾凈明亮，具有天真爛漫的表現主義風格。畫家雖然受 Blomor i vas, Einar Jolin, oil on canvas, 1951.
Matisse啟發，但巴黎吉美博物館的東方藝術才更大程度影響並成就了其藝術
風格。很快，他自己所收藏的中國和日本藝術品，在其漫長的畫家生涯中充
當起了室內裝飾的核心題材。本件優雅的銅水月觀音與銅花觚、鈞窯碗一同
呈現在畫家1951年創作的這件油畫中。

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STATUE DE GUANYIN EN BRONZE
CHINE, DYNASTIE SONG, CIRCA XIIIEME SIECLE
Elle est assis en rajalilasana, la main droite est élégamment posée
sur le genou droit plié, la gauche reposant sur son socle d'origine.
Elle est vêtue d'un dhoti souple, une écharpe posée sur ses épaules
laissant son torse dénudé paré de bijoux. Son visage aux yeux mi-clos
est empreint de sérénité et surmonté d'un haut chignon portant une
efigie de bouddha.
Hauteur: 14,5 cm. (5º in.), socle en bois
€10,000-15,000 US$12,000-17,000
£8,700-13,000
PROVENANCE:
Previously in the collection of Einar Jolin (1890-1976), acquired prior to
1951, thence by descent to the previous owner.

One of the common depictions of this bodhisattva is the so-called
‘Water-Moon Guanyin,’ or ‘Avalokiteshvara of the Southern Seas,’
which shows the fgure seated in rajalilasana, or ‘Royal Ease’.
See a closely-related Song dynasty bronze Guanyin with its stand in
the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art Washington D.C (inventory
no. F1917.17a-b), illustrated in H. Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist
Bronzes, Vermont and Japan, 1967, pl.69.
Compare to a similar gilt-lacquer bronze fgure of Guanyin of slightly a
larger size (15.8 cm.), also dated 13th century, sold in Sotheby’s Paris,
11 June 2019, lot 21 ; and another one sold in Christie’s London, 10th
December 1990, lot 38.

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED GUANYIN
CHINA, SONG DYNASTY, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
宋 約十三世紀 銅水月觀音坐像
來源：著名瑞典藝術家Einar Jolin (1890-1976)私人舊藏，
于1951年前入藏，后家族傳承

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