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A gilt lacquer wood figure of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin Qing dynasty image 1
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Lot 956

A gilt lacquer wood figure of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin
Qing dynasty

18 December 2017, 11:00 PST
San Francisco

Sold for US$43,750 inc. premium

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A gilt lacquer wood figure of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin

Qing dynasty
Constructed in several pieces to depict the Bodhisattva seated holding her primary arms in namaskaramudra above an additional pair held in dhyanamudra in her lap supporting a small stupa separated by two groups of arms carved to flare out to either side below two taller arms held aloft, seated in dhyanasana, together with a likely assembled large throne further supported by an assembled lotus form plinth.
47in (119.5cm) total height of assembled elements

Footnotes

A large red and gilt lacquer wood figure of Guanyin of similar size and facial figures was offered as lot 216 in Christie's Amsterdam sale 3008 of 19-20 June 2012. A smaller Thousand-Arm example of remarkably similar construction but lacking a throne and a plinth was offered in these rooms as lot 2154 in sale 22511 of 11 December 2015.

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