清十九世紀 象牙雕觀音立像

the multi-headed deity deftly carved in openwork standing on a lotus base framed by a 'flaming mandorla', below a small figure of guanyin seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus base, her shoulder draped with a billowing shawl, her main hands held in namaskara mudra and her four secondary arms holding various attributes, wood stand

The carving is in overall excellent condition. There is an age crack extending across from the lower left of the base. There are very occasional tiny chips including one to one prong of the crown on one head of the multi-headed deity (second level to the right) and the edge of the lotus petal that the deity holds in one of her right hands.
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