RARE ET IMPORTANT PANNEAU DE GUANYIN EN KESI

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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RARE ET IMPORTANT PANNEAU DE GUANYIN EN KESI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The panel is finely woven with the central figure of Guanyin. He is seated in vajrasana on a lotus dais placed on a throne, with his hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra. He is wearing a monastic robe exposing his bare chest decorated with a beaded necklace. His face displays a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows. Above him is set a baldaquin decorated with swaying beaded tassels.
26 ¾ x 46 7/8 in. (68 x 119 cm.), framed and glazed

Provenance

Property of a French noble family, the collection was formed by the present owner's great-grandfather, from late 19th century to early 20th century.

Further details

A RARE AND FINE KESI PANEL OF GUANYIN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

Compare the complex bejewelled canopy with similar examples such as the heads of Amitabha and two Bodhisattvas on a woven silk tapestry in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, illustrated by Zhu Jian, Treasures of the Forbidden City, 1986, p. 245, no. 97.
Also compare to an Imperial kesi panel depicting three Buddhas dated Qianlong period, and another one showing Guanyin seated on a large lotus throne, dated 18th century, all illustrated in Classics of the Forbidden City, Tangka Paintings in the Collection of the Palace Museum, 2012, p. 324-326, no. 272-273.

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