Lot 79
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Yuan/Early Ming Dynasty
Shown seated atop a lotus base with hands in vitarkamudra, wearing a beaded necklace and beaded chains draped over the dhoti, and with a ribbon-tied shawl worn over the shoulders, the broad face cast with gentle expression below a foliate crown centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha seated in front of a foliate decoration obscuring the bead-decorated topknot
29in. (75cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the style of the robes and the ornate garlanded beaded chains to those on the Yuan dynasty qingbai figure of a bodhisattva in the Metropolitan Museum of Art illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, p. 127, fig. 120.