Lot Essay
Compare with the slightly smaller figure sold in these Rooms, 1 April 1992, lot 1319
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A PALE LAVENDER AND GREEN JADEITE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Seated in a casual pose on a lotus leave rising up from cresting waves, the serene Goddess holding a ruyi-sceptre in one hand and an ambrosia vase in the other, wearing loose fitting robes and framed by a mandorla, the stone of pale lavender tone with apple and spinach-green inclusions--9¾in. (25cm.) high
Seated in a casual pose on a lotus leave rising up from cresting waves, the serene Goddess holding a ruyi-sceptre in one hand and an ambrosia vase in the other, wearing loose fitting robes and framed by a mandorla, the stone of pale lavender tone with apple and spinach-green inclusions--9¾in. (25cm.) high