Lot #2 - A Rare Chinese Wooden Standing Figure of Guanyin, Late Song-Yuan Dynasty, 13th-14th Century
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:The Raphy Star Collection of Important Asian Art
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Sale Date:11 Dec 2016 ~ 6.30pm
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Lot #:2
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Lot Description:A Rare Chinese Wooden Standing Figure of Guanyin, Late Song-Yuan Dynasty, 13th-14th Century
his hair in a high chignon, wearing a necklace and sash and a robe from the waist down, a slight curve to the body and traces of black and red pigment; black metal stand
37 cm high -
Provenance:Attached label reading “A. Mosle”; Ralph M. Chait Galleries, NY, 12/8/1988
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References:see Leidy and Straham, Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, fig. 82, p. 106 for a similar wooden figure, Jin dynasty
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Estimate:A$30,000 - 40,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Oriental
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