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A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN Provenance: a Japanese private collection formed before the 1980s.
Northern Qi Dynasty, dated to the first year of Wuping, corresponding
to AD 570 and of the period 來源： 於1980年代前為日本私人收藏
The bodhisattva cast standing in front of a lotus petal-shaped
mandorla bordered with flames, with hands in abhaya and varada The dedicatory inscription states that the present lot was cast by a
mudras, wearing layered robes that fall in graceful folds on either side devotee Liang Taihe during the third month of the first year of the reign
of the bare feet atop a pedestal, with partial remains of an inscription of Wuping (AD 570) to commemorate his parents.
on the back and sides, Japanese box.
13.6cm (5 3/8in) high (2). Compare a similar gilt-bronze votive figure of a bodhisattva dated to
the Eastern Wei dynasty in the Nitta Group Collection included in the
£7,000 - 9,000 exhibition The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom, Taipei, 1987,
CNY63,000 - 82,000 p.162, pl.65.

北齊 武平一年（公元570年） 銅鎏金觀音背光像

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