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A LARGE SILVER-WIRE INLAID BRONZE GUANYIN
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The large figure of the Goddess with eyes downcast in peaceful contemplation, holding a scroll in her hand, wearing long flowing robes incised with stylised cloud and foliage scroll designs and a four-character inscription embellishing the back of her dress, a beaded necklace and pendant draped across the torso, her hair upswept in a topknot held back by a ruyi-shaped tiara, standing atop a chilong rising from turbulent waves
21 3/4 in. (55.3 cm.) high
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The large figure of the Goddess with eyes downcast in peaceful contemplation, holding a scroll in her hand, wearing long flowing robes incised with stylised cloud and foliage scroll designs and a four-character inscription embellishing the back of her dress, a beaded necklace and pendant draped across the torso, her hair upswept in a topknot held back by a ruyi-shaped tiara, standing atop a chilong rising from turbulent waves
21 3/4 in. (55.3 cm.) high