Lot 94
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PALE YELLOW SOAPSTONE CARVING OF A SEATED GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 640
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £400 - £600
Description
清 黃白壽山凍石雕如意觀音座像
the figure shown seated with her right hand holding a ruyi sceptre and resting on her right knee, her left hand hidden within the sleeve of the gracefully draped robes and resting on a low table with a bat-head design and a clawed leg, her hair pulled up in a high chignon covered with a headscarf, the stone of even transparent pale yellowish tone
Dimensions
14cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Private Taiwanese collection