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STATUE DE GUANYIN EN BRONZE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIEME SIECLE
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STATUE DE GUANYIN EN BRONZE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIEME SIECLE
Guanyin is seated in rajalilasana on a rock formation with the right hand elegantly resting on the raised knee while the left is placed in front of the abdomen. He is dressed in underskirt, wide-sleeved mantle and bejewelled. His face displays a serene expression with downcast eyes, urna and his hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara cast with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha.
10 ½ in. (17.5 cm.) high
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIEME SIECLE
Guanyin is seated in rajalilasana on a rock formation with the right hand elegantly resting on the raised knee while the left is placed in front of the abdomen. He is dressed in underskirt, wide-sleeved mantle and bejewelled. His face displays a serene expression with downcast eyes, urna and his hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara cast with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha.
10 ½ in. (17.5 cm.) high
Provenance
By repute, acquired in the early 1930s in Asia, and thence by descent.
Further details
A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
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