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Villa Vitiano

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A RARE LIMESTONE HEAD OF GUANYIN According to the owner, the present lot, amongst other Chinese works
12th/13th century of art, was sold to Raffaello Landini in the 1950s as part of Villa Vitiano
The head finely carved in sensuous volumes, the full fleshy face with and its furnishings, which previously belonged to Mr Moriani, who, in
slightly downcast eyes accentuated by wide arched eyebrows, straight turn, had acquired the Chinese art collection from Count Gregorio Calvi
nose, plump pouty lips and subtle double-chin, the forehead with a di Bergolo in 1947 as part of a Rome apartment and its furnishings.
circular recess to hold the urna, with pendulous ears and neatly-dressed
hair drawn up in a high chignon secured by a foliate crown fastened A list of objects acquired from Count Calvi di Bergolo dated 2 October
fastened with a ribbon at the back and with a central Buddha Amitabha 1947, Rome, notes two Chinese stone heads (nos.4-5).
amidst interlacing floral scrolls, traces of coloured pigments remaining.
43.3cm (17in) high. Finely carved in rounded volume, with neatly arranged hair below
the elaborate tiara centred with a figure of Amitabha amidst intricate
£50,000 - 80,000 floral scrolls, the present head can be stylistically compared with a
CNY450,000 - 710,000 grey limestone head of Avalokiteshvara, Song dynasty, illustrated by
O.Siren, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century,
十二/十三世紀 石灰岩觀音頭像 London, 1970, pl.563C.

Provenance: Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo, Rome, prior to
2 October 1947, by repute
Mr Moriani, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, by repute
Raffaello Landini, Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Tuscany, Italy, circa 1950s,
and thence by descent

來源：
據傳於1947年10月2日前由羅馬Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo伯爵收藏
據傳為意大利托斯卡尼Moriani先生舊藏
約1950年代為意大利托斯卡尼Raffaello Landini先生收藏，並由後人
保存迄今

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