Sale 7084
London
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8 November 2005
Price realised
GBP 1,680
Estimate
A BLANC DE CHINE SEATED FIGURE OF GUANYIN 19TH/20TH CENTURY The goddess seated in royal ease with her right hand resting on her raised right knee, her face with a serene expression, wearing long robes forming a cowl over her plaited hair and falling around her body in loose folds and open at the front to reveal a necklace with lotus flower pendant, impressed square mark puji yuren (fisherman mark) 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Prodan Collection, Rome.
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