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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 654

A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD

A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
清十九世紀末 / 二十世紀初 白玉雕觀音立像 《乾隆年製》仿款

standing on a circular lotus base wearing a dhoti and shawl and adorned with necklaces, armbands and bracelets, the proper right
hand holding a jewel in front of the chest, the left hand positioned above it, the round face bowed slightly with the eyelids lowered,
the hair pulled into a two-tier chignon surrounded by a diadem, a tall mandorla rising behind the figure and finely incised with
scrolling and striated patterns, the reverse with a dedication to the goddess and an apocryphal Qianlong mark, the stone a creamy
white color with icy inclusions

銘文：
南無阿彌陀佛觀世音菩薩

Height 14¾ in., 37.5 cm

Provenance
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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