LATE MING DYNASTY

细节

A large polychromed wood figure of Guanyin
Late Ming Dynasty
The bodhisattva seated in rajalilasana, the right arm resting on the knee, the left arm supportive holding a small piece of cloth, wearing loosely hanging dhoti from the shoulders and a robe fitted around the hip with beaded chains dangling below the knee, adorned with an elaborate necklace around the bare chest and a tiara set against the high chignon, the serene face with rounded contours and well defined features, downcast expression, urna, traces of gesso and pigment, some damages and losses
109 cm. high

注意事项

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拍品专文

Buddhist sculptures represented in this form are often referred to as the 'Water-Moon Guanyin' of nanhai Guanyin (Avalokitesvara of the Southern Seas). This particular posture was a distinctive and well developed sculptural formula in North China from the 10th Century. There is an example from the 12th Century in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, see Asiatic Art, Catalogue, p. 56, pl. 32.