A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

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A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
HE CHAO ZONG ZHI SEAL MARK, 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

Modeled standing in an S-shaped swaying motion on an oval wave base, wearing a cowl draped over her hair and shoulders, her robes with deep folds and edged in silver inlay with a scroll design and lotus, a single-strand necklace at her bared chest, her head lowered slightly and the face cast with a peaceful expression, the back inlaid in silver with a He Chao zong zhi seal mark--21½in. (54.6cm.) high

拍品專文

It is unusual to find a He Chaozong mark on a bronze as opposed to Dehua figures. Compare the similar figure of Guanyin of slightly larger size inlaid in silver with a He Chaozong Yin mark included in the exhibition, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, A.D. 1100-1900, London, 1989, and illustrated by M. Goedhuis in the Catalogue, no. 7. Based on a Thermoluminescence test the figure was dated to the Ming Dynasty