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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF PIERRE CHAPOY AND PAUL LEGENDREYvonne Legendre was 21 when she embarked on the boat ‘Cap Varella’. She was studying in London when the Second World War started and her father, Paul Legendre, Secretary at the Municipal Council in Shanghai, called her back home. On the boat she met the charming ship’s doctor, a French man called Pierre Chapoy. They married in Shanghai soon after they met and stayed there with their three children until 1949 when they left China. The works of art that we present today have been collected both by Paul Legendre and Pierre Chapoy and stayed by descent in the family.
STATUE DE GUANYIN EN BOIS LAQUE ROUGE ET OR
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE
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STATUE DE GUANYIN EN BOIS LAQUE ROUGE ET OR
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE
Il est représenté assis sur un rocher, sa main gauche posée sur la tête d'un animal mythique, la droite reposant gracieusement sur son bras gauche. Il est vêtu d'une longue tunique ceinturée à la taille. Il est paré de bijoux et coiffé d'un haut chignon. Son visage est méditatif ; petites restaurations.
Hauteur: 23,5 cm. (9 ¼ in.)
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE
Il est représenté assis sur un rocher, sa main gauche posée sur la tête d'un animal mythique, la droite reposant gracieusement sur son bras gauche. Il est vêtu d'une longue tunique ceinturée à la taille. Il est paré de bijoux et coiffé d'un haut chignon. Son visage est méditatif ; petites restaurations.
Hauteur: 23,5 cm. (9 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Acquired in China prior to 1949 by the French family who lived in China in the first half of the 20th century, thence by descent to the present owner.
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A RED AND GILT LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED GUANYIN
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY