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A pair of celadon saucer dishes with Jingwei tang zhi hall marks 18th/19th century
TRÈS RARE ET BELLE ASSIETTE EN LAQUE SCULPTÉE Marque et époque Jiajing (1522-1566)
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A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 1
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A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 3
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 4
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 5
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 6
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 7
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 8
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 9
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 10
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 11
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 12
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 13
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 14
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 15
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 16
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 17
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 18
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 19
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 20
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 21
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 22
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 23
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 24
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 25
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 26
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 27
A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century image 28
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A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base
Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century

Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
15 March 2021, 10:00 EDT
New York

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A rare olive-green soapstone figure of a Guanyin on a lotus base

Qing dynasty, probably 17th Century
On a separate lotus pedestal base, with naturalistically bending petal tips with russet highlights, the Guanyin figure of overall pyramidal form with wide base, seated with her hands cupped at her folded legs, her robes edged in floral and chevron hems, an under blouse tied at her chest and incised with flowers and lotus, traces of red pigment to her lips and ears, the hair neatly delineated and, like her eyes and brows, are highlighted in black and tied in a high chignon under a cowl, the reverse side with further sashes and robe folds.
10 5/8in (26.8cm) high, the figure exclusively, 12 7/8in (32.7cm) high overall

Footnotes

清 壽山石觀音坐像

PROVENANCE
Roger Keverne, London (un-dated receipt)

來源
Roger Keverne, 倫敦

A similar though smaller figure of Guanyin set in a shrine with attendant figures and dated seventeenth century and most importantly listed in the 1721 inventory of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, is illustrated by Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, in a paper entitled 'Changing Attitudes Towards Ethnographic Material:Re-Discovering The Soapstone Collection of Augustus the Strong' in Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums fur Volkerkunde Dresden, No.48, Frankfurt/Maine, 1994, p. 54, pl. 41a & b.

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A pair of celadon saucer dishes with Jingwei tang zhi hall marks 18th/19th century
TRÈS RARE ET BELLE ASSIETTE EN LAQUE SCULPTÉE Marque et époque Jiajing (1522-1566)