19TH CENTURY
细节
A CHLOROMELANITE FIGURE OF GUANYIN BESIDE ROCKWORK
19th century
The slender figure carved standing slightly turned to the right in long flowing robes, holding a lotus branch to her right, the face looking straight forward, the hair combed into a tall double-knot above a ruyi-shaped ornament, standing beside a pair of ducks on rockwork on her left, the shiny stone of a rich dark green tone with white streaking and areas of grey-black colouration, minute nicks
11 in. (28 cm.) high, wood stand
19th century
The slender figure carved standing slightly turned to the right in long flowing robes, holding a lotus branch to her right, the face looking straight forward, the hair combed into a tall double-knot above a ruyi-shaped ornament, standing beside a pair of ducks on rockwork on her left, the shiny stone of a rich dark green tone with white streaking and areas of grey-black colouration, minute nicks
11 in. (28 cm.) high, wood stand
拍场告示
According to an analysis through X-ray powder diffraction by the Dept of Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum, the present material should be described as jadeite, with evidence of characteristics of chloromelanite, which is closely related.