Details
A Chinese soapstone model of a standing Guanyin
holding a string of beads and a scroll, the hair in a high chignon, wearing long flowing robes, the edges, headdress and shoulders incised and gilt with scrolling lotus on wave-pattern grounds and scattered cloud-scrolls, the details stained in black -- 8¾.in (22.2cm) high, 17th Century, (small chips and damages).
See Colour Plate 5.
holding a string of beads and a scroll, the hair in a high chignon, wearing long flowing robes, the edges, headdress and shoulders incised and gilt with scrolling lotus on wave-pattern grounds and scattered cloud-scrolls, the details stained in black -- 8¾.in (22.2cm) high, 17th Century, (small chips and damages).
See Colour Plate 5.