A GILT- AND BLACK-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Schätzpreis:

2.000 €

Description:

Southern China, early Qing dynasty
H. 36 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a pedestal with both hands resting on her lap in dhyanamudra, wearing various garments including an underskirt secured around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front and a wide-sleeved mantle falling in large pleats around her body and legs, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, her hair combed in a chignon and covered with a veil falling down her shoulders.
Old Berlin private collection, purchased at Galerie Venzke, Fasanenstrasse, Berlin before 1980
Area next to the right knee partly rep., wear

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