A RARE INCISED STONE PLAQUE MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY |

of flattened circular form, finely incised to one side with Avalokiteshvara sitting in lalitasana on rockwork with the left hand holding a rosary, the bodhisattva depicted wearing loose robes, flowing scarfs, bejeweled necklace and elaborate headdresses, accompanied by deities, guardians, disciples, attendants, and a parrot flying above, all within a landscape detailed with bamboo, lotus, and rockwork, the reverse decorated with Zhenwu wearing a long loose robe adorned at the chest with a sinuous dragon roundel, accompanied by groups of guardians and deities, all set in a landscape of pine tree, bamboo, and rockwork, the narrow sides incised with meandering floral scrolls

Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 

The surface with fine scratches and scattered minute pits; chips and nicks to the edges; flake chips near the edges, especially to the narrow sides.
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