Lot 30
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LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 578
Auction: 6 November 2019 at 12:00 GMT
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Description
清 木胎紅漆觀音立像
carved in standing pose with left hand half raised in karana mudra, right hand holding the drapery, dressed in layered robes and the hair in high chignon, covered in a layer of red lacquer and highlighted in gold paint
Dimensions
51cm high
Footnote
Provenance: The base attached with a paper label 'Spink & Son Ltd. Est 1666'
Note: For a similar example in the collection of GDR Museum, see Schatze Chinas aux Museen der DDR (Treasures of China from GDR museums), Vrlag Phillip von Zabern, 1990, front cover