A large gilded bronze figure of Guanyin
18th/19th century
Seated in lalitasana on a Buddhist lion, her hands in karana and varada mudra, with a ruyi in her right hand, her serene face with downcast eyes, framed by pendulous ear lobes, her hair piled into an elaborate coif behind a tiara, wearing a long flowing robe open at the chest to reveal a beaded necklace, the whole on a carved lotus pedestal base, traces of blue and red pigment in the Buddha and the mount's hair, six-character Qian Long mark to the back.
49cm high.
Seated in lalitasana on a Buddhist lion, her hands in karana and varada mudra, with a ruyi in her right hand, her serene face with downcast eyes, framed by pendulous ear lobes, her hair piled into an elaborate coif behind a tiara, wearing a long flowing robe open at the chest to reveal a beaded necklace, the whole on a carved lotus pedestal base, traces of blue and red pigment in the Buddha and the mount's hair, six-character Qian Long mark to the back.
49cm high.
Sold for
AU$ 9,000
inc. premium
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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Yvett Klein
Bonhams
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76 Paddington Street
Sydney,
2021
Australia
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+61 2 8412 2231
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Specialist
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Chinese Works of Art
Dalia Stanley
Bonhams
Work
76 Paddington Street
Sydney,
2021
Australia
WorkTel:
+61 2 8412 2221
FaxFax: +61 2 9475 4110
Specialist
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Chinese Works of Art