A LARGE WOOD HEAD OF GUANYIN

Description:

China, early Ming dynasty
H. 47 cm (58 cm m.S.)
The worn head sculpted with a serene facial expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, puffy cheeks, pouting lips, elongated earlobes, the hairdo combed into a high curved chignon set to the front with a tiara decorated with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha, on wood stand
From the estate of the Helmut Ploog Collection (1940-2024), acquired before 1990 according to tradition, inventory card preserved, depicted in a photograph (original preserved) in June 2002 - Damages due to age