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Lot Essay
The box accompanying this figure bears an inscription reading Tekisuien, which may indicate former ownership by Mr. Kichirobei Yamaguchi, the founder of Tekisui Museum in Ashiya, Japan.
Shisou is believed to have been a monk who worked in the late Ming period (1620-1644), but as there is no specific information on him, it is also possible that it is the name of a bronze studio or school. Shisou-marked figures are usually finely cast and extremely graceful.
A Shisou-marked seated bronze figure of Guanyin, dated 16th to mid-17th century, illustrated in Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk, Sydney Moss Ltd., London, 1984, pp. 280-81, no. 132, is quite similar to the present figure in the shape and expression of the face, the hairdo, the silver-inlaid urna, the decoration of the robe borders, as well as the quality of graceful elegance. See, also, the similar Shisou-marked seated figure of Guanyin, dated Ming dynasty, illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series, Beijing, 2001, p. 79, no. 40.
Shisou is believed to have been a monk who worked in the late Ming period (1620-1644), but as there is no specific information on him, it is also possible that it is the name of a bronze studio or school. Shisou-marked figures are usually finely cast and extremely graceful.
A Shisou-marked seated bronze figure of Guanyin, dated 16th to mid-17th century, illustrated in Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk, Sydney Moss Ltd., London, 1984, pp. 280-81, no. 132, is quite similar to the present figure in the shape and expression of the face, the hairdo, the silver-inlaid urna, the decoration of the robe borders, as well as the quality of graceful elegance. See, also, the similar Shisou-marked seated figure of Guanyin, dated Ming dynasty, illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series, Beijing, 2001, p. 79, no. 40.