Fine Asian Art - 21st May 2024

Lot 53

AN UNUSUAL CHINESE BRONZE HEAD OF GUANYIN

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £4032

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Description

AN UNUSUAL CHINESE BRONZE HEAD OF GUANYIN
PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD

With a meditative expression defined by her downcast eyes beneath delineated eyebrows, framed by prominent earlobes, her hair piled high and secured by a headpiece with a seated figure, probably Amitabha, together with a wood stand and the Storey, Sons & Parker auction catalogue, 12kg, 47cm. (3)


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Provenance: from the estate of Sir Stephen Aitchison (1863-1942), of Lemmington Hall, Alnwick, Northumberland, sold by Storey, Sons & Parker, Newcastle upon Tyne, 27th - 28th November 1946, lot 136.

民國（可能）銅觀音首
來源：Lemmington Hall的Stephen Aitchison紳士收藏（1863-1942），1946年11月27-28日由Storey, Sons & Parker, Newcastle upon Tyne售出·編號136。
注：本拍品不設底價。