ID 493071
Lot 665 | A SUPERB SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The figure, shown wearing coral-embelished jewelry and layered robes incised with phoenixes, dragons and lotus scroll borders, holds a scroll in her left hand. Her finely detailed hair is pulled up into an elaborate topknot above a simple filet and falls in knotted tresses on her shoulders. The stone is of warm ivory tone retains traces of gilding and black pigment. A gilded six-character inscription, Gumin Zhou Bin bai zhi (Respectably made by Zhou Bin of the Hall of Antiquities) is incised on the back.
4 ¾ in (12 cm.) high
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