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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品

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A LARGE STONE HEAD OF GUANYIN
Qing Dynasty
The head finely carved in sensuous volumes, the full
fleshy face with slightly downcast eyes accentuated
by wide arched eyebrows, straight nose, plump
pouty lips and subtle double-chin, the forehead with
a circular urna, with pendulous ears and neatly-
dressed hair drawn up in a high chignon secured by
a high foliate crown with a central Buddha Amitabha
amidst interlacing floral scrolls, stand.
59cm (23 1/4in) high (2).

£30,000 - 50,000
CNY260,000 - 440,000

清 石雕觀音頭像

Provenance: a European private collection

來源：歐洲私人收藏

Stylistically, the present lot is inspired by Song
dynasty prototypes. See for example, a grey
limestone head of Avalokiteshvara, Song dynasty,
illustrated by O.Siren, Chinese Sculpture from the
Fifth to Fourteenth Century, London, 1970, pl.563C.
However, the elaborate carving of the crown would
imply a later date.

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