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A BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF GUANYIN

China, Tang dynasty (618-906 AD). Height 10.5 cm. 10.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm

Starting price:
40 000 CZK / 1 538 EUR
Price realized:
95 000 CZK / 3 653 EUR

Auction:Asian Works of Art 26/11/2013, 15:00

The slender figure swaying gently and with long ribbons flowing around the body, the head crowned with a headdress, the right hand held beside the body and holding a length of drapery and the left hand raised to the shoulder and holding a pot, all standing on a high double-lotus pedestal. Provenance: Collection of a Czech sinologist, purchased in Beijing in the early 1950s.
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