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AN IVORY CARVING OF GUANYIN AN IVORY CARVING OF GUANYIN AND BOY
Late Ming Dynasty Late Ming Dynasty
Seated cross-legged on a rocky pedestal, the Goddess of Mercy The slender lady carved standing and dressed in long robes with
carved with a benevolent face and downcast eyes under a cape, flowing robe with intricately detailed folds, her hands raised and
dressed in long flowing robe with undulated folds and adorned with cradling a boy holding a floral spray and with prayer beads hanging
hanging beaded jewellery, the arms folded and rested on rocky from her right forearm, wood stand and fitted box.
outcrop, fitted box. 23.6cm (9 1/4in) high (3).
23.2cm (9 1/8in) high (2).
£7,000 - 9,000
£10,000 - 15,000 CNY63,000 - 80,000
CNY89,000 - 130,000
明末 牙雕送子觀音立像
明末 牙雕觀音坐窟像
Provenance: a distinguished French private collection
Provenance: a distinguished French private collection
來源： 顯貴法國私人收藏
來源：顯貴法國私人收藏
Compare with related ivory carvings of Guanyin as ‘the sender of
Compare with a related ivory figure of Guanyin, 17th century, similarly sons’, with a boy in her arms, late Ming dynasty, illustrated by R.Kerr,
carved seated and leaning on a rocky outcrop, illustrated by R.Kerr, P.Allen & C.F.Shih in Chinese Ivory Carvings: The Sir Victor Sassoon
P.Allen and C.F.Shih in Chinese Ivory Carvings: the Sir Victor Sassoon Collection, London, 2016, p.215.
Collection, London, 2016, p.221, fig.135/225.

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