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A bronze seated figure of Guanyin
Ming dynasty
Finely cast seated with left leg pendent, the Goddess of Mercy wearing
long flowing robes draped over her head, her serene expression with
downcast eyes framed by her hair bound in high chignon, holding a
scroll in her right hand with her left resting on her knees.
11.2cm high.
HK$35,000 - 55,000
US$4,500 - 7,100

明 銅持經觀音坐像

For a closely related seated bronze figure of Guanyin, see Sydney Moss
Ltd., The Second Bronze Age. Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991,
no.6. For an example sold at auction, see an almost identical gilt bronze
seated Guanyin sold in these rooms, 26 May 2013, lot 392.

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A bronze ‘lion’ water dropper
Qing dynasty
Intricately cast in the form of a recumbent lion, its body curved with
head raised showing pronounced thick eyebrows and furry mane
running down the back of the neck, its ferocious expression flanked by
a a pair of hollow ears, its powerful jaws clenched tightly on a sprig of
ruyi-head.
6.1cm wide.
HK$40,000 - 60,000
US$5,200 - 7,700

清 銅雕獅形水滴

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