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           A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN         A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ATTENDANT DEITY
           Ming dynasty                                      Ming dynasty
           The figure cast with right hand resting on the right knee and left   Heavily cast in the form of a boy, feet firmly planted on a rock-form
           resting by the side, wearing a dhoti and robe open at the chest to   plinth, hands poised to hold a now-missing attribute, wearing a
           reveal elaborate jewelry, a figure of Amitabha Buddha centering the   child’s apron, the ends wrapped around the waist and tied in a
           crown, seated in lalitasana on the back of a recumbent roaring lion,   bow in the front, the neck hung with a lock-form pendant, the head
           all supported on a lotus plinth, the surfaces with traces of gold and   shaved except for a tuft of hair on the right side of the head.
           red lacquer.                                      12 1/8in (31cm) high
           12 3/4in (32 cm) high
                                                             $4,000 - 6,000
           $8,000 - 12,000
                                                             明 銅童子立像
           明 銅漆金獅吼觀音像











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