Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 12th November 2019

Lot 39

A CHINESE WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN 17TH/18TH CENTURY She sits in a relaxed pose with her right hand...

Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £500

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Description

A CHINESE WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN

17TH/18TH CENTURY

She sits in a relaxed pose with her right hand resting on her raised knee, wearing flowing robes incised with ruyi-head shaped clouds and lotus decoration at the borders, her hair divided into two knotted tresses and piled high in a chignon, all raised on a fitted wood base, 21cm. (2)

Provenance: sold on behalf of the executors of Ruth Evelyn Forrest.