A bronze figure of a Water-and-Moon Guanyin. Song dynasty, 11th/13th century - image-1

Lot 222 Dα

A bronze figure of a Water-and-Moon Guanyin. Song dynasty, 11th/13th century

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
08.12.2016, 14:00 - Asian Art - Chinese Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 13.640 € (incl. premium)

A bronze figure of a Water-and-Moon Guanyin. Song dynasty, 11th/13th century

A bronze figure of a Water-and-Moon Guanyin, seated in rajalila, the right arm resting on the knee, the garment is rendered with a pattern of engraved scrolls, the chest displays a necklace. Remnants of a gilded, reddish brown lacquer patina. Two circular pegs to the base. Song dynasty, 11th/13th century. Wooden stand.
Height 18.4 cm

宋 銅鎏金水月觀音坐像
來源:Otto von Löwenstern (?-1975)
可比:Hugo Munsterberg著,Chinese Buddhist Bronzes
(中國青銅佛雕像), 紐約 1988年,圖版第 69號,
可比:故宮博物院歷代藝術館陳列品圖目,
北京1991年,第293頁,圖版第805號

Provenance

Otto von Löwenstern (?-1975), who acquired his collection primarily in Amsterdam (at Aalderink, Cerno, Vecht, [Jaap] Polak Works of Art, and Paul Brand)

Literature

The Freer Gallery in Washington, DC houses two similar Song dynasty bronze figures of Shuiyue Guanyin. The one illustrated in Hugo Munsterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, New York 1988 (Reprint), fig. 69, is covered with partly rubbed gilded lacquer, whereby the patina is very similar to the present figure. Kaikodo published a Shuiyue Guanyin in his Journal (2000, no. 72, p. 222-223 and 350), illustrating comparable figures in various Chinese collections. The figure in the Palace Museum Beijing, published in Gugong bowuyuan lidai yishuguan chenlienpin tumu, Beijing 1991, fig. 805, p. 293 has also lost its base and aureole.