ID 718553
Los 770 | A VERY RARE LARGE DOCUMENTARY STONE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Schätzwert
$ 40 000 – 60 000
MING DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 22ND YEAR OF CHENGHUA, CORRESPONDING TO 1486, AND OF THE PERIOD
The bodhisattva is shown seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, with the hands lowered in dhyanamudra. The figure wears an undergarment tied around the waist and a loose outer robe well carved with rhythmic folds and pleats open at the chest to reveal an elaborate beaded necklace. The sensitively carved face has a serene expression and down-cast eyes. The back of the figure is inscribed with a lengthy inscription.
35 1⁄2 in. (90.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's Hong Kong, 29 September 1992, lot 899.
Literature
Fojiao Diaosu Mingpin Tulu (Images of Famous Buddhist Sculpture), Beijing, 1997, p. 480, no. 460.
| Material: | Stein |
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| Historische Ära: | Chenghua-Periode, Ming-Dynastie |
| Herkunftsort: | China, Ostasien, Asien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten |
| Material: | Stein |
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| Historische Ära: | Chenghua-Periode, Ming-Dynastie |
| Herkunftsort: | China, Ostasien, Asien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten |
| Adresse der Versteigerung |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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