17TH CENTURY

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A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF SONGZI GUANYIN
17TH CENTURY
Shown seated in lalitasana with a young boy seated on her left leg and holding a pearl in the right hand that rests on her right knee, wearing loosely draped robes and a beaded necklace, her hair dressed in a high topknot centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha and covered with a cowl
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm) high

Provenance

Richard A. Bourne Co., Hyannis, Cape Cod, 1970s.

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Lot Essay

The Songzi representation of Guanyin, or the 'Bringer of Sons,' is identifiable by the boy seated on her knee. A related, though larger (42.3 cm.) gilt-bronze figure of Songzi Guanyin seated on a lotus base, is illustrated by H. Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, 1967, no. 73.

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