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PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION
TETE DE GUANYIN EN STUC PEINT
CHINE, DYNASTIE SONG, CIRCA XIIIEME SIECLE
Details
TETE DE GUANYIN EN STUC PEINT
CHINE, DYNASTIE SONG, CIRCA XIIIEME SIECLE
The head is finely modelled with a serene facial expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows and red painted lips. Her hair is combed in an elaborate chignon secured with a tiara set with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha to the front.
19 in. (48 cm.) high, stand
CHINE, DYNASTIE SONG, CIRCA XIIIEME SIECLE
The head is finely modelled with a serene facial expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows and red painted lips. Her hair is combed in an elaborate chignon secured with a tiara set with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha to the front.
19 in. (48 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
From a German Private collection until 1936.
With F. Russek, Zurich, 2 August 1995.
With F. Russek, Zurich, 2 August 1995.
Further details
A PAINTED STUCCO HEAD OF GUANYIN
CHINA, SONG DYNASTY, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
CHINA, SONG DYNASTY, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
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