The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
Lot 13
A silver-wire-inlaid bronze figure of Guanyin Inlaid Shisou two-character mark, Qing Dynasty
7 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,562.50 inc. premium
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A silver-wire-inlaid bronze figure of Guanyin
Inlaid Shisou two-character mark, Qing Dynasty
The seated Goddess of Mercy cast with a serene expression, her body swaying to her right, her coiled hands placed on her right knee holding a scroll, dressed with long looping robe draping to her bare feet and inlaid in silver wire with clouds and tendril borders. 29.4cm (11 5/8in) high.
The seated Goddess of Mercy cast with a serene expression, her body swaying to her right, her coiled hands placed on her right knee holding a scroll, dressed with long looping robe draping to her bare feet and inlaid in silver wire with clouds and tendril borders. 29.4cm (11 5/8in) high.
Footnotes
清 銅嵌銀觀音坐像
嵌銀絲「石叟」款
Provenance: an Irish private collection; according to the owner, acquired in Hong Kong circa late 1970s.
來源：愛爾蘭私人收藏；據稱現買家於二十年代七十世紀購自香港
Compare with a slightly smaller silver-inlaid bronze figure of Guanyin, 17th/18th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1282; and another example, 17th/18th century, which was also sold at Christie's New York, 15-16 March 2015, lot 3209.
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