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The style of the present figure belongs to a related group of gilt-bronze
Buddhist sculptures dating to the 14th century. This group of images is
characterised by their elongated body, broad torso and slim-line waist,
very similar to Malla-period Nepalese bronzes. It is thought that its
Nepalese influence was derived from the legendary Nepalese image
maker, Aniko, who was active at the Yuan court and whose works are
well documented in Chinese records, although no definitive example by
the master has been identified with any certainty to date.
A large lacquered wood seated figure of a bodhisattva, also dating to the
Yuan dynasty, wearing similarly ornate jewellery, is currently on display in
the Kyoto National Museum. Compare also a gilt-lacquered bronze figure
of Watermoon Guanyin, dating to the Yuan dynasty, sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 2860; as well as a gilt-bronze Guanyin with
similar features and style, dating to the Yuan-early Ming dynasty, sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April 1998, lot 601. A slightly later Ming-
dynasty gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin, with similar hairstyle and posture,
but noticeably less pronounced body line, is in the Asian Art Museum of
San Francisco, illustrated in Hai-Wai Yi-Chen: Chinese Art in Overseas
Collections - Buddhist Sculpture, Taipei, 1990, no. 174.
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