A parcel-gilt bronze seated Guanyin, Ming dynasty | 明 局部鎏金銅觀音坐像

Property from an Old Belgian Family Collection
A parcel-gilt bronze seated Guanyin
Ming dynasty

seated in vajrapariankasana, the left hand in dhyana mudra
Height 21.5 cm, 8½ in.
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Collection particulière belge
Statuette de Guanyin en bronze partiellement doré, dynastie Ming
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Condition Report:
Extensive wear to gilt lacquer all over. The face with more remains of gilt, the reverse with remains of red lacquer pigment. Otherwise, there are only small traces of pigment to the rest of the figure. Some slight denting to the surface of the bronze and some small holes, including two holes with old repair (at the right elbow and the left thigh). Wear to extremities and minor losses to fingers on the right hand.