Guanyin

Lot 90. A 'Dehua' figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Height 16 1/4 in., 41.3 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 15,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's the figure modeled standing on a domed cloud-scroll base, wearing a long-sleeved robe concealing the hands held together in front of the chest, falling in deep folds around the body and open at the chest to reveal an ornate necklace, the face framed by hair swept up and fastened with a ruyi pin, with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 196. A gilt-lacquered figure of Guanyin, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 26 1/2 in., 67.3 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 21,250 USD. Photo Sotheby's the standing figure with hands raised to support some an attribute, wearing layered robes over his chain-linked armor, the ends of his sleeves wind-swept to impart a sense of motion, his hat and boots lacquered black, his gentle features highlighted with pigment.  Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 195. A gilt-lacquered figure of Guanyin, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 26 1/2 in., 67.3 cm. Estimate 12,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 59,375 USD. Photo Sotheby's the seated figure with eyes downcast and with a meditative expression, with hands in dhyanasana mudra, wearing a layered cowled robe falling in delicate folds to the base, opening to reveal a ribbon-tied vest beneath tasseled jewels.  Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 1st and 2nd June 1993, lot 451. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 183. A gilt-bronze figure of Guanyin, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 8 1/2 in., 21.6 cm. Estimate 7,000 — 10,000 USD. Lot sold 11,250 USD. Photo Sotheby's the Goddess of Mercy in dhyanasana, an alms bowl delicately held in her left hand in the meditative dhyanamudra and the right hand raised in vitarkamudra holding the stem of a lotus, wearing a loosely draped robe engraved with floral borders, an elaborate necklace and a pierced diadem centered with a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1191. A rare gilt-lacquered bronze figure of Guanyin, Dali Kingdom, Yunnan, 10th-13th century; 21 in. (53.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 171,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 The bodhisattva, Avalokitesvara, who is shown standing on a waisted lotus base holding a willow branch over the right shoulder and a flask pendent in the left hand, wears beaded jewelry, a scarf draped around the torso, a dhoti folded over below the waist, and a circlet... [Lire la suite]

Lot 56. A  large Dehua figure of a standing Guanyin, China, circa 1900. Hauteur: 88 cm. (34 5/8 in.). Estimate 40,000 - EUR 60,000. Price realised EUR 50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Elle est représentée debout émergeant des flots tumultueux où nage une grosse carpe. Elle est vêtue d'une longue robe, coiffée d'un haut chignon ceint d'une tiare abritant une image de Bouddha et arbore des bijoux précieux. Les délicates mains sont amovibles, l'une des deux tient un rouleau. Le dos porte... [Lire la suite]

PARIS - « Blanc de Chine » est une expression française traduite telle quelle en chinois moderne (zhongguo bai 中國白). Elle sert à désigner la porcelaine blanche provenant de Dehua, dans la province côtière du Fujian. Cette ville est réputée, depuis la seconde moitié du dixième siècle, pour la qualité exquise de sa porcelaine à la teinte blanche translucide. Des sculptures en porcelaine de sept artistes les plus représentatifs de Dehua sont exposées afin d’appréhender la technique de réalisation de ce type de porcelaine et... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. A pair of blanc-de-chine Buddhist lions, 17th century; 11 7/16 in. (29 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 5,736. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004 Each modelled as a lion with a fierce expression exposing its teeth seated on its haunch on top of a rectangular pedestal, one with a brocade ball under its right foreleg, the other with a ball and its young, the pedestals applied with blossoming prunus and peony branches, covered in a white glaze of ivory tone, minor... [Lire la suite]

Lot 327. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, signed He Chaozong, 17th–18th century; 15 cm, 5 7/8  in.. Estimate HKD 40,000 — 60,000. Lot Sold 162,500 HKD (20,759 USD). © Sotheby's. seated in lalitasana on a jagged rock next to a scroll, the reverse impressed with a He Chaozong seal mark within a double gourd. Sotheby's. Chinese Art, including Snuff Bottles and Jades from an Old Hong Kong Family Collection, Hong Kong,... [Lire la suite]

© Penn Museum 2019 PHILADELPHIA, PA.- A 25,000-pound monument returned to the limelight, as the centerpiece of the new Sphinx Gallery at the Penn Museum.The colossal red granite Sphinx of Ramses II—history’s most well-known pharaoh who reigned in ancient Egypt for nearly 67 years and fathered more than 100 children—dates back to between 1293 and 1185 BCE. Excavated by the famous archaeologist W. M. Flinders Petrie and his team, it is the largest sphinx in the Western hemisphere and has served as one of the City of... [Lire la suite]