A Chinese lacquered bronze figure of Guanyin 铜
A Chinese lacquered bronze figure of Guanyin 铜加漆观音造像 Ming Dynasty 明
Depicted in dhyanasana, hands in vitarka mudra, adorned in a bordered robe and seated upon a lotus pedestal.
(H: 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance: Acquired from a New Jersey estate by the present owner
Condition report:
Extensive losses to gilding, surface wear; two fingers to raised hand lost; tip to one wing of diadem lost, other bent and with associated small crack, possible loss to end of trailing scarf, one corner of base bent and cracked
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A Chinese lacquered bronze figure of Guanyin 铜加漆观音造像 Ming Dynasty 明
Depicted in dhyanasana, hands in vitarka mudra, adorned in a bordered robe and seated upon a lotus pedestal.
(H: 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance: Acquired from a New Jersey estate by the present owner
Condition report:
Extensive losses to gilding, surface wear; two fingers to raised hand lost; tip to one wing of diadem lost, other bent and with associated small crack, possible loss to end of trailing scarf, one corner of base bent and cracked