California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 March 10, 2017  March 10, 2017

 Lot # 1058 
A LARGE GILT-BRONZE STATUE OF GUANYIN    清 大型銅鎏金觀音坐像


  • Dimension: Height: 18 7/8 in (47.9 cm) Width: 12 in (30.5 cm)
  • Estimate From: $6000
  • Estimate To: $12000

The Guanyin is shown seated in dhyanasana with right hand raised holding a lotus stem, wearing lobe robes decorated with lotus scrolls at the hems, her chest adorned with beaded necklaces. Her face is shown with a meditative expression, flanked by two pendulous earlobes, hair pulled into chignon hiding in a tall headdress centered by a small Amitabha. Qing Dynasty period.


類似造像可參考韓永《北京文物精粹大系:佛造像卷》,上卷,北京,2001,圖版39,以及一尊類似大小觀音銅鎏金像(高49.5公分),成交於倫敦佳士得,2014年5月,拍品號88. 來源: 紐約長島資深藏家提供
A similar gilt bronze figure of slightly larger size is illustrated in Han Yong, Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series. Buddhist Statues, vol. 1, Beijing, 2001, pl. 39; and another was sold at Sotheby's London, May 14 2014, lot 88.