A FINE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN SEATED ON A ROCK WITH A BOY

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1.500 € - 2.500 €

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China, Song dynasty
H. 13,8 cm
Collection Ludwig Bretschneider (1909 - 1987) Munich, bought 11.1.1987 at Aalderink, Amsterdam (invoice preserved) - A similar bronze figure of Guanyin in the same pose is illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan lidai yishuguan chenliepin tumu (Illustrated Catalogue of the Art Displayed at the Palace Museum), Beijing, 1991, p. 293, fig. 805. The same figure is also illustrated in Wenwu cangpin dingji biaozhun tuli: zaoxiang juan (Illustrated Important Chinese Cultural Relics Ranking Standard: Religious Sculptures), Beijing, 2011, p. 220, no. 170 - Wear to gilding

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