Lot Essay
For a similar figure with the same mark, sold in our London rooms, 9 June 1997, Lot 269.
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A LARGE SILVER-WIRE INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
the standing figure modelled with eyes downcast holding a scroll before her, wearing a beaded necklace and flowing robes adorned with silver-thread inlay with clouds and scrolls and a four-character Yutang Shisou mark to the reverse, the shaped base with bamboo motifs -- 18½in. (47cm.) high.
the standing figure modelled with eyes downcast holding a scroll before her, wearing a beaded necklace and flowing robes adorned with silver-thread inlay with clouds and scrolls and a four-character Yutang Shisou mark to the reverse, the shaped base with bamboo motifs -- 18½in. (47cm.) high.
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