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    Sale 6731

    Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Including Export Art

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    17 June 2003

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    • A GILT-BRONZE HEAD OF GUANYIN
    Lot 70

    A GILT-BRONZE HEAD OF GUANYIN

    MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

    Price realised

    GBP 3,585

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    A GILT-BRONZE HEAD OF GUANYIN
    MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
    With downcast eyes in smiling contemplation, the elongated earlobes addorned with large circular ornaments, the diadem cast with five leaves each enclosing Amitabha Buddha under a canopy, the well-detailed hair dressed in a high topknot, red pigment remaining and some wear to gilt, minor restoration
    10¼ in. (26 cm.) high

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