Lot 38
  • 38

Statuette de Guanyin en ambre sculpté Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIE-XVIIIE siècle

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 EUR
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Description

  • Cristal de roche, ambre, socle en bois
assise vêtue d'une longue robe, un enfant sur ses genoux, socle en bois sculpté

Provenance

Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 10th December 1940

Condition

Good overall condition. Some wear and minor nicks consistent with age, two small chips on the edge of the veil by the bottom, some fritting around the base. Some natural crackling and inclusions to the amber, more visible in the back. The base is drilled with a small hole to fit the matching peg on the wooden base.
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