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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17TH CENTURY
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17TH CENTURY
Cast seated in dhyanasana with the right hand holding a willow stem and left hand holding a cup, dressed in long flowing robes left open at the chest to expose the sash-tied dhoti and pendent jewelled necklace, the hair dressed in knotted plaits that trail down the shoulders and pulled up into a tall coiffure behind the eight-tiered crown centered by Sakyamuni Buddha, seated atop a separately cast lotus base raised on a column flanked by robed figures holding hu tablets, and rising from a socket in the middle of an hexagonal base with openwork balustrade with lotus buds at the corners
22½ in. (57.2 cm.) high including base
17TH CENTURY
Cast seated in dhyanasana with the right hand holding a willow stem and left hand holding a cup, dressed in long flowing robes left open at the chest to expose the sash-tied dhoti and pendent jewelled necklace, the hair dressed in knotted plaits that trail down the shoulders and pulled up into a tall coiffure behind the eight-tiered crown centered by Sakyamuni Buddha, seated atop a separately cast lotus base raised on a column flanked by robed figures holding hu tablets, and rising from a socket in the middle of an hexagonal base with openwork balustrade with lotus buds at the corners
22½ in. (57.2 cm.) high including base
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