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Lot 542
A GILT- AND PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Estimated Value:
3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result:
1.942 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
North-Vietnam, 18th/ 19th c.H. 58 cm
Seated in maharajalilasana, the right hand raised in front of the chest and the left resting on the left knee, wearing various garments including under skirt and mantle covering both shoulders and falling down body and legs in pleats, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, her combed in a chignon and secured with small tiara attached to a cloth section falling down her hair.
Collection of Prof. Dr Hermann Schröder (1902-1991), Aachen, and expanded by his family - Partly chipped, small restorations
