A Rare Rock Crystal Guanyin, seated on a low rock plinth in a loosely fitting robe, her head and shoulders with traces of lacquer and gold leaf, she looks out with downcast eyes and serene expression under her coiled hair tied in an elaborate top knot (head restuck).
Chinese, Late 17th/Early 18th Century
Height: 4 1/2 inches
$4,800 US
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Victoria, Lady Sackville (1862 - 1936) and exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club 1915, case C. 37, and illustrated in the catalogue on Plate XXVII.
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