Guanyin, China, Ming dynasty, 1368 - 1644. Photo Hampel

She is sitting in the relaxed pose of royal nonchalance on a rock base. Height: circa 124 cm. Estimate 60 000-80 000 €

Provenance: Purchased around 1990 by Dr Feldmeier, Hengersberg/Germany. According to him it was purchased from the descendants of the German Ambassador to China Dr Vorretsch.

Note: Objects of a similar type but from a different period can be found at the following museums:
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, inventory number C408A.
Honolulu Museum of Art, inventory number 2400.
Museum Rietberg, Zurich, inventory number RCH 301

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