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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

813 A RARE GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF
AN ACUOYE GUANYIN
CHINA, YUNNAN, DALI KINGDOM, 12TH CENTURY 大理國 十二世紀 鎏金銅阿嵯耶觀音像

來源
The tall, slender fgure shown standing with right hand raised in
美國私人珍藏，於1946年購於東京。
vitarkamudra and left held in varadamudra, the long hair drawn up into
士紳藏品；紐約佳士得，1980年11月6日，拍品209號。
a tall coifure (jatamukuta) bound by a band and elaborately dressed in
安思遠，紐約。
twisted cords falling in loops around and fanking a central seated image of
歐雲伉儷珍藏，編號1949。
Amitabha Buddha and falling to the shoulders behind the earring-hung ears,
wearing a jeweled necklace and arm bands and a foret-decorated belt worn 著錄
above the waist and the top of the dhoti secured by a knotted sash, the upper Ann Ray Martin，“American Mandarin”， 《Connoisseur》，1984年11
back with a rectangular opening and the back of the upper legs with a square 月，頁101。
casting patch
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high, lacquered softwood base
$2,000,000-3,000,000
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, United States, acquired in Tokyo in 1946.
The property of a gentleman; Christie’s New York, 6 November 1980, lot 209.
Robert H. Ellsworth, New York.
The Irving Collection, no. 1949.
LITERATURE
Ann Ray Martin, “American Mandarin,” Connoisseur, November 1984, p. 101.

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