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A Chinese carved wooden figure of Guanyin, Ming Dynasty…
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Melbourne
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22-Mar-2015
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A Chinese carved wooden figure of Guanyin, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Enhanced with coloured pigment to the front and back, wearing a floriate headdress bearing the prominent carved figure of Amitabha, her hair tied back into a coiled chignon, in a dancerly cross-legged pose of 'Maitreya', her right hand in 'Karana' mudra, resting on a wooden plinth, 101 cm. Provenance: Purchased Hong Kong in 2010; Ex private collection Hong Kong prior to 2010
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Unclassified