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A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA WITH A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE STAND
FIGURE: YUAN – MING DYNASTY
STAND: QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
worked seated in rajalilasana on a recumbent lion with its head and gaping jaws turned backward and its tail swept against its haunch, all atop a lotus base, the deity with the right hand resting on his raised right knee, further rendered cloaked in long flowing robes and adorned with beaded jewellery, the serene expression framed by a pair of pendulous earlobes and an elaborate headdress, the gilt-bronze stand bordered with a scrollwork band and a frieze of upright lotus petals, the curved mandorla reticulated with a lotus bloom wreathed by scrolling foliage and a roundel decorated in gilt with a figure at the front and in cloisonné enamel with a shou medallion on the reverse, all within with a flaming border
figure 14.9 cm, 5 7/8 in.
stand 23 cm, 9 in.
Estimate
90,000
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120,000
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