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A MASSIVE CHINESE LACQUERED AND GILT-WOOD FUJIAN-STYLE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
MING DYNASTY
The bodhisattva sits in dhyanasana with her hands held on her lap in dhyana mudra, she wears elegant long robes bordered in relief with scrolling floral motifs,
her serene face framed by her elongated earlobes, with a large elaborate crown centred by a seated Amitabha Buddha adorning her head, decorated all over in
gilt, black and red lacquer, all raised on a tall flaring pedestal, the figure 1.1m, 1.2m overall. (2)
£40,000-60,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased from Susan Chen in 1999.
Cf. Christie’s Hong Kong, 31st October 2000, lot 989 for a similar smaller 15th century figure; see also Christie’s London, 4th November 2008, lot 50 for a comparable
large lacquered wood figure of Simhanada Avalokiteshvara; see also Christie’s Los Angeles, 20th May 1998, lot 132 for a related large painted wood sculpture of
Guanyin dated to the Song dynasty.
明 福建木雕描漆觀音坐像
來源：英國私人收藏，1999年購於何太（陳淑貞）。
觀音面相豐腴，眉目清秀，雙目微閉，法相莊嚴，給人靜穆慈祥之感。頭戴法冠，冠上有化佛，身披天衣，內著裙，雙手拇指相對其餘四指相
疊，坐禪定印，結跏趺坐。這尊觀音坐像為明代福建沙縣地區木雕佛像之精品。