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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION
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A LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE
FIGURE OF GUANYIN
LATE QING DYNASTY
The standing figure, shown holding a coral branch
and a pearl, wears long, layered robes that fall
in graceful folds to the tops of the bare feet and
are open at the chest to reveal a bead necklace
centered by a chrysanthemum medallion. The
face is carved with a serene expression. The
hair is dressed in long tresses that trail onto
the shoulders, below the large topknot which is
centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha. Together
with a dark green jade stand carved around the
sides with lotus plants amidst waves below a lotus
petal border.
20º in. (51.5 cm.) high with stand

$200,000-300,000
PROVENANCE:
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
The present Guanyin can be compared to a
smaller green jade figure of Guanyin (28.8 cm.)
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji - 6 - Qing, Hebei, 1991, p.
229, no. 336, where it is dated mid-Qing.
瓊肯珍藏
晚清 青白玉雕觀音立像
來源:
史蒂芬‧瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 珍藏。

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