A fire gilt bronze figure of Guanyin. Korea. Possibly early Yi dynasty - image-1
A fire gilt bronze figure of Guanyin. Korea. Possibly early Yi dynasty - image-2
A fire gilt bronze figure of Guanyin. Korea. Possibly early Yi dynasty - image-1A fire gilt bronze figure of Guanyin. Korea. Possibly early Yi dynasty - image-2

Lot 533 Dα

A fire gilt bronze figure of Guanyin. Korea. Possibly early Yi dynasty

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
05.12.2014, 14:00 - China - Paintings, Decorative Arts, Sculptures -, Tibet/Nepal, India, South East Asia
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.200 €
Result: 4.712 € (incl. premium)
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A fire gilt bronze figure of Guanyin. Korea. Possibly early Yi dynasty

A fire gilt bronze figure of Guanyin standing, holding a bottle in her right hand and a jewel in her raised left hand, with a necklace with looped and hanging strands of beads, and a long scarf draped around the arms. From the crown hang two scarves leaving the ears exposed. Set into a lotus above an octagonal base on eight low feet. Korea. Possibly early Yi dynasty.
Height with base 20.8 cm

Provenance

Christie's Amsterdam, 16 June 1992, lot 89

Literature

Compare very similar figure in the Sano Museum, Mishima, Japan, that is dated to the Liao dynasty, publ. in: Murata Seiko, The Fascination of Small Gild-Bronzes China Korea Japan. Tokyo 2004, plate. 94