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AN IVORY CARVING OF GUANYIN AND BOY
Late Ming Dynasty
Carved seated and stepping on a lotus flower with
the left foot, the Goddess of Mercy modelled with a
serene expression and downcast eyes, dressed in
long flowing robe with undulated folds, the hands
raised to cradle a boy at her right side, fitted box.
21.7cm (8 1/2in) high (2).
£18,000 - 24,000
CNY160,000 - 210,000

明末 牙雕觀音送子坐像

Provenance: E.L.Paget Collection, no.1950
A distinguished french private collection

來源： E.L.Paget收藏，藏品編號1950
顯貴法國私人收藏

Compare with a related ivory carving of Guanyin with
a boy in her arms, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Ming
and Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P.Lin Collection,
Hong Kong, 2014, p.297, no.179. Another related
ivory carving of Guanyin and child, late Ming
dynasty, is also illustrated in Chinese Ivories: from
the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, p.59, no.29.

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