A lacquered and gilded wood figure of Guanyin. Yuan/early Ming dynasty - image-1

Lot 405 Dα

A lacquered and gilded wood figure of Guanyin. Yuan/early Ming dynasty

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 14:00 - Asian Art II incl. The Helmersen Coll. of Chinese Art
Estimate: 2.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 2.976 € (incl. premium)

A lacquered and gilded wood figure of Guanyin. Yuan/early Ming dynasty

A lacquered and gilded wood figure of a bejewelled Guanyin standing on a lotus, with books resting on foliage above the left shoulder. Minor damages. Yuan/early Ming dynasty.
Height 24.2 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Frankfurt, acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, 7./8.6.1996, lot 437

Literature

Compa a stylistically similar however much larger bronze figure of Guanyin, ill. in: G. Béguin, Arts de l'Asie aus Musée Cernuschi, Paris 2000, p. 145