Lot 514
A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Estimated Value:
2.800 € - 3.800 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, late Ming dynasty, 17th c.H. 29,3 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with the right hand raised in a form of vitarkamudra while the left is resting on his lap supporting a bowl, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes, the hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara cast with Buddha Amitabha to the front and decorated with floating ribbons, traces of gilt-lacquer.
Formerly from an old southern German private collection, acquired before 2007


