A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN standing barefoot and looking down and slightly to one side with a serene expression, the hands concealed beneath the broad-sleeved loose robes, holding a scroll and wearing a beaded necklace, the hair tied in a topknot, inlaid in silver with clouds and foliate borders, the back with a Shisou mark, the base with a four-character mark, the base with a four-character mark 'Second year of Yuanhe', 17th Century

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A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN standing barefoot and looking down and slightly to one side with a serene expression, the hands concealed beneath the broad-sleeved loose robes, holding a scroll and wearing a beaded necklace, the hair tied in a topknot, inlaid in silver with clouds and foliate borders, the back with a Shisou mark, the base with a four-character mark, the base with a four-character mark 'Second year of Yuanhe', 17th Century
48.5cm. high

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There were two periods in history called Yuanhe, the first being AD 84-87 and the second AD 806-820. Here the mark is added to lend the piece 'a touch of antiquity'

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