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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
Lot 272

A gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin
Ming Dynasty

8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin

Ming Dynasty
Cast seated cross-legged, her hands held gently above the lap with palms upward, the eyes downcast with a serene expression beneath a high tiara containing a small figure of Amitabha and cloaked with a lotus-scroll-edged veil, the edges of the robe also with incised lotus scroll, the folds spreading out to the front of the figure. 27cm (10½in) high

Footnotes

Provenance: a Belgian private collection acquired pre-1945 (by repute)

明 銅鎏金觀音坐像

來源: 比利時私人收藏,得於1945年前(傳)

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