AN IRON HEAD OF GUANYIN

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4.500 € - 6.500 €

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Description:

China, Yuan/early Ming dynasty, on base
H. 27 cm (without base)
The head modelled with a serene expression, downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, urna, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and the hair combed in a high chignon
South German private collection, bought 2008 from Marcel Nies, according to him from the Collection Delpeyron, France, a jewelry designer, who was well known in the 1930s
Traces of age

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