Property from a Distinguished American Private Collection
A polychrome wood sculpture of Avalokiteshvara, Ming dynasty | 明 木雕加彩觀音坐像
Auction Closed
September 22, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A polychrome wood sculpture of Avalokiteshvara
Ming dynasty
明 木雕加彩觀音坐像
seated in rajalilasana on a lotus base supported on a waisted hexagonal pedestal stand, both hands clasped around the raised right knee, a sash draped over the shoulders, dressed in a dhoti tied at the waist and falling in loose folds over the legs, the oval face peering outward with a dignified and benevolent expression framed by hair pulled into a high chignon behind a diadem
Height 23½ in., 60 cm
P.C. Lu & Sons, Hong Kong, April 1987.
來源
魯氏父子有限公司，香港，1987年4月
Compare a closely related figure sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 5th December 2000, lot 374. Another related example attributed to the Liao dynasty, formerly in the collections of Martin Erdmann and F. Brodie Lodge, sold at Sotheby’s London, 7th June 1988, lot 48 and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th May 2018, lot 2858, and now resides in the collection of the Tsz Shan Museum, Hong Kong, acc. no. 2018.08.
The outcome of radiocarbon analysis is consistent with the dating of this lot.
本品經碳十四檢測，結果與其斷代相符
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