A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

cast seated in dhyanasana holding a ruyi-head sceptre in the left and right hands, wearing a long floral-edged robe falling in folds around the legs and open at the chest to reveal elaborate ruyi beaded jewellery, the serene face with downcast eyes below high arched brows and a small smiling bud mouth, all framed by a high pierced five-pointed ruyi headdress with the hair falling down around the shoulders, the face, chest, hands and feet gilt, all supported on a separate pierced and cast lotus and ruyi pedestal base 

Christie’s London, 10th April 1984, lot 281.
Spink and Son, London, 1985 (by repute).

The figure and stand are in good condition with the exception of some old patching, possibly at the time of casting, to the rear of the figure including across the shoulder and down the right side of the back, minor casting flaws and pitting, minor loss to the tips of three of the lotus on the stand, and light rubbing and loss to the gilded decoration.
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