Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Guanyin Sculpture

Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Guanyin Sculpture
Late 19th to early 20th Cent., Chinese
Artist/Designer/Manufacturer: Unknown

Marking(s); notes: "Made in China" sticker to underside

Materials: rose quartz, carved wood

Cataloger Note: Chinese carved rose quartz figural group depicting a Celestial Maiden or Guanyin wearing flowing robes and holding a flowering peony or lotus branch over her shoulder. Accompanied by a crane, traditionally associated with longevity in Chinese art. Carved from translucent pink rose quartz with natural internal fissures and raised on a fitted carved hardwood stand.