Guanyin sculptée en bois Chine, XVIIe siècle

représentée assise, le pied droit posé sur sa jambe gauche, les deux mains en vitarka mudra, vêtue d'une robe aux plis souples, coiffée d'un chignon couvert d'un drapé, socle en velours

Very thin and tiny vertical crack on the torso and on the neck. This piece has a purple velvet stand. Nice carving of the robe. The back has a cavity (10 x 4cm) with two black areas on the side (burnt), a vertical crack on the bottom. Tiny restoration on the right shoulder (some brown paint residue), same on the left side of drapé on the head (next to left ear) and same on long leaves left & right and on back robe on the right side. The colour is more brown in reality (too orange in the catalogue illustration). Inside the right sleeve, the hand is held by a kind of cement. Otherwise, in good condition.
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