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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION
JEANNETTE CURUBY
A LARGE POLYCHROME PAINTED
A STONE FIGURE OF GUANYIN WOOD FIGURE OF BIXIA YUANJUN
MING DYNASTY MING DYNASTY
the deity carved in lalitasana, with right hand shown seated with hands clasped in front,
resting on the bent right knee and the left hand wearing a ruyi-shaped ornament at her chest and
poised on the raised left knee, wearing a dhoti long robes embellished in colorful clouds, birds,
and draped with scarves and shawl, the face with and phoenix feathers, her face with a benevolent
benevolent expression framed by long knotted expression and black-lacquered pupils,
tresses and an ornate diadem, seated on a polychrome pigment and traces of gilding applied
lotus throne borne on the back of a caparisoned to a ne layer of plaster over the wood core, now
roaring lion, all supported on a rectangular plinth, mounted as a lamp
wood stand (2) Height 36 in., 91.4 cm
Height 17¼ in., 43.8 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
㖶ġġġ㛐晽≈⼑䡏曆⃫⏃⛸⁷
Collection of Prof. Benjamin Roland, Jr. (1904-
1972), Cambridge, Massachusetts .
Acquired in the 1940-60s, and thence by descent.
$ 6,000-8,000
㖶ġġġ䞛晽㔯㬲厑啑⛸⁷
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