A Rare Chinese Wooden Standing Figure of Guanyin, Late Song-Yuan Dynasty, 13th-14th Century

Lot #2 - A Rare Chinese Wooden Standing Figure of Guanyin, Late Song-Yuan Dynasty, 13th-14th Century

Auction House:

Mossgreen
Sale Name:

The Raphy Star Collection of Important Asian Art
Sale Date:

11 Dec 2016 ~ 6.30pm
Lot #:

2
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
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
Estimate:

A$30,000 - 40,000
Realised Price:

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Category:

Oriental

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