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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
A QUARTZ FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Details
A QUARTZ FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Finely carved and shown seated with left arm resting on an armrest while holding a scroll, her right hand resting on her raised knee, wearing long, loose robes left open at the chest revealing a necklace; her face with serene expression below a slightly raised usnisa and her hair finely incised and pulled back into knotted tresses that trail onto the shoulders, the stone stained bright green and highly polished
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high, wood stand
Finely carved and shown seated with left arm resting on an armrest while holding a scroll, her right hand resting on her raised knee, wearing long, loose robes left open at the chest revealing a necklace; her face with serene expression below a slightly raised usnisa and her hair finely incised and pulled back into knotted tresses that trail onto the shoulders, the stone stained bright green and highly polished
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Acquired by Irving Wormser, agent to Shaw Brothers Studio, in Hong Kong in the 1940s-50s.
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