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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
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A LARGE POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
The fgure is elegantly depicted seated in rajalilisana, wearing long fowing robes, a bejewelled necklace
and an elaborate headdress. The face bears a serene expression with downcast eyes.
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high
£40,000-60,000 $57,000-84,000
€51,000-76,000
PROVENANCE:
From a private European collection, acquired in Turin, Italy, in 2005.
The dating for this lot is consistent with Radiocarbon Dating Measurement Report no. RCD-8551, GrA-
65579.
Compare the present lot to a polychrome wood fgure of Guanyin depicted in the same pose but dated
to the earlier Jin period, ca. 1200, in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, illustrated by Rose Kerr
in Chinese Art and Design, London, 1991, pl. 36.
明十五至十七世紀 木雕彩繪觀音坐像
來源:歐洲私人珍藏，於2005年購自義大利
此尊觀音經放射性碳定年法測試(測試編號RCD-8551，GrA-65579)，證實與本
圖錄之斷代相符
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