A WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN

Description:

China, Ming dynasty
H. 42,7 cm
Seated in rajalilasana on a lion reclining on a base, its head turned up, her right hand caressing the animal while the left is resting on her raised knee, wearing various garments, including a skirt secured around the middle with a ribbon, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, her hairdo combed in a chignon and set with an elaborate crown.
Old Scandinavian private collection, assembled in the 1980s, sold at Nagel, 18.5.2001, lot 3390 and acquired by the present owner
Cf. Siren 'Studies in Chinese Sculpture of the Post-Tang Period', Ostasiatische Zeitschrift , Vol. 1/2 Berlin. 1927. plate 8. fig. 18. Eskenazi, London, 'Sculpture and Ornament in Early Chinese Art', 1996, no. 33
Minor damages due to age, wear