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QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
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AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The graceful, standing figure has a serene expression and holds an inverted amphora in the left hand. The goddess of Mercy wears a silver bead necklace and layered robes inlaid in silver wire with bats amidst clouds that drape elegantly around the body and flare at the hem, and the hair is drawn up into a topknot secured by a ruyi hair pin. A six-character mark, Xuande Shisou Wujin, is inlaid in silver wire on the back, and the base has an apocryphal cast Xuande mark encircled by two dragons.
35 in. (88.9 cm.) high
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The graceful, standing figure has a serene expression and holds an inverted amphora in the left hand. The goddess of Mercy wears a silver bead necklace and layered robes inlaid in silver wire with bats amidst clouds that drape elegantly around the body and flare at the hem, and the hair is drawn up into a topknot secured by a ruyi hair pin. A six-character mark, Xuande Shisou Wujin, is inlaid in silver wire on the back, and the base has an apocryphal cast Xuande mark encircled by two dragons.
35 in. (88.9 cm.) high