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18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The graceful figure is shown standing with head turned slightly to the side and holding an inverted bottle in her hands. She wears a shawl over her shoulders, a cloak incised with clouds that flares at the hem, and a long skirt that falls to the tops of her bare feet. Her hair is worn in an elaborate topknot. The stone is of warm ivory color and there are faint traces of pigment.
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high
18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The graceful figure is shown standing with head turned slightly to the side and holding an inverted bottle in her hands. She wears a shawl over her shoulders, a cloak incised with clouds that flares at the hem, and a long skirt that falls to the tops of her bare feet. Her hair is worn in an elaborate topknot. The stone is of warm ivory color and there are faint traces of pigment.
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Anna Ilsley Ball Kneeland (1865-1955), acquired 1918-1931, and thence by descent within the family.
Exhibited
On loan: Yale University Art Gallery, 1955 to April 2014.
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