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21 mai 2020

A large wood figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty

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Lot 267.  A large wood figure of Guanyin, Qing Dynasty; 97cm (38 1/8in) highEstimate £4,000-6,000. Sold for £31,250 (€ 34,744). Photo: Bonhams.

Carved with naturalistic facial features gazing serenely downwards beneath a high chignon encircled by a crown, a sash looped across the palm of the right hand, the relaxed body enveloped in flowing drapery, seated at ease with the left arm gently resting on a raised knee, the body leaning on a rocky support. 

The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a radiocarbon dating measurement test, RCD Radiocarbon Dating, sample no.RCD-8300, which states 95% interval for AD 1670 to AD 1944.

NoteThe figure of Guanyin, known as the Goddess of Mercy and Compassion, was the most popular and influential of the four Bodhisattvas. During the Tang and Song dynasties Buddhist sculptures of Guanyin became large in size and more feminine in appearance, such as the pose of the present lot, known as Guanyin gazing at the moon reflected in the water; see A.F.Howard, Li Song, Wu Hung and Yang Hong, Chinese Sculpture, New Haven, 2006, pp.383 and 385.

However, though inspired by earlier models produced from the Song dynasty onwards, the more elaborate form as on the present lot is indicative of a later date within the Qing dynasty.

Compare a related lacquered wood figure of Guanyin, 18th century, which was recently sold in our New York Rooms, 16 March 2015, lot 8064.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, London, 14 May 2015 

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