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A VERY RARE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD DOCUMENTARY
FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Cyclically dated by inscription to Dingmao year, corresponding to 1567
or 1627, and of the period
The bodhisattva seated on rockwork in rajalilasana, supported on a
raised knee in vitarka mudra, wearing a voluminous robe revealing a
bare chest adorned with a beaded necklace, the face with a serene
expression, the hair drawn up in a high chignon and secured by a
foliate tiara enclosing an image of Amitabha Buddha, the back with a
sealed and consecrated cavity.
62cm (24 1/2in) high

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 110,000

丁卯年（1567或1627年） 木漆金觀音菩薩坐窟像

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 -
1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order
of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius
IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Maragaretha d’Austria
Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894 – 1986).

來源：
佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵（1887-1968）
及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵
（1894-1986）伉儷收藏

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