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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
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／ A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE
POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF WATER MOON
金 GUANYIN
LIAO-JIN DYNASTY (907-1234)
木雕彩繪水月觀音坐像

The bodhisattva is shown seated in rajalilasana, the ‘posture of royal ease’, wearing a
shawl draped over the shoulders and lopped over the arms, and a scarf tied around the
torso, the dhoti tied above the waist falling in graceful folds around the legs, the face is
well carved with a gentle expression below the hair gathered into a chignon behind the
diadem.
26 in. (66 cm.) high
HK$15,000,000-20,000,000 US$2,000,000-2,600,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of Martin Erdmann (1865-1937), New York
Sold at Christie’s London, 17-18 November 1937, lot 143
Collection of F. Brodie Lodge (1880-1967), Northamptonshire
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 7 June 1988, lot 48
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1991

LITERATURE
Eskenazi Ltd., London, Ancient Chinese Sculpture from the Alsdorf collection and others,
London, June 1990, cover, fig. 23, and fig. 1-13
Jin Shen, Fojiao diaosu mingpin tulu; waiguo bowuguan cangpin, Zhongguo bowuguan cangpin,
Zhong wai shoucangjia cangpin [Pictorial Index of renowned Buddhist sculptures: treasures
preserved in overseas museums, Chinese museums, and by Chinese and overseas collectors],
Beijing, 1995, fig. 377
Petra Rösch, Chinese Wood Sculptures of the 11th to 13th centuries: Images of Water-moon
Guanyin in Northern Chinese Temples and Western Collections, Stuttgart, 2007, p. 244 and
p. 320, fig. XXIV
A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London,
2012, p. 229, pl. 134

來源
紐約 Martin Erdmann (1865-1937) 珍藏
倫敦佳士得，1937 年 11 月 17-18 日，拍品 143 號
英國 F. Brodie Lodge (1880-1967) 珍藏
倫敦蘇富比，1988 年 6 月 7 日，拍品 48 號
埃斯肯納齊，倫敦，1991 年
著錄
埃斯肯納齊，《Ancient Chinese Sculpture from the Alsdorf collection and others》，倫敦，
1990 年 6 月，圖錄封面、圖 23、圖 1-13
金申，《佛教雕塑名品圖錄：外國博物館藏品，中外收藏家藏品》，北京，1995 年，圖 377
Petra Rösch，《Chinese Wood Sculptures of the 11th to 13th centuries: Images of
Water-moon Guanyin in Northern Chinese Temples and Western Collections》，斯圖加
特，2007 年，頁 244 及 320，圖 XXIV
埃斯肯納齊，《中國藝術品經眼錄 : 埃斯卡納齊的回憶》，倫敦，2015 年，頁 227

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