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A RARE OLIVE-GREEN SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A GUANYIN Provenance
ON A LOTUS BASE Roger Keverne, London (un-dated receipt)
Qing Dynasty, probably 17th Century
On a separate lotus pedestal base, with naturalistically bending petal 來源
tips with russet highlights, the Guanyin figure of overall pyramidal Roger Keverne, 倫敦
form with wide base, seated with her hands cupped at her folded
legs, her robes edged in floral and chevron hems, an under blouse A similar though smaller figure of Guanyin set in a shrine with attendant
tied at her chest and incised with flowers and lotus, traces of red figures and dated seventeenth century and most importantly listed
pigment to her lips and ears, the hair neatly delineated and, like her in the 1721 inventory of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, is
eyes and brows, are highlighted in black and tied in a high chignon illustrated by Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, in a paper entitled ‘Changing
under a cowl, the reverse side with further sashes and robe folds. Attitudes Towards Ethnographic Material:Re-Discovering The
10 5/8in (26.8cm) high, the figure exclusively, 12 7/8in (32.7cm) Soapstone Collection of Augustus the Strong’ in Abhandlungen und
high overall Berichte des Staatlichen Museums fur Volkerkunde Dresden, No.48,
Frankfurt/Maine, 1994, p. 54, pl. 41a & b.
$6,000 - 10,000

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