Wednesday 11 November 2020
A Chinese ivory figure of Guanyin, 17th century, parcel gilt painted and carved wearing...
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A Chinese ivory figure of Guanyin, 17th century, parcel gilt painted and carved wearing long robes tied in a knot around the waist, her right hand expressing karana mudra and her left holding a ruyi sceptre, 28cm high, mounted on a wood stand
Provenance: Collection of Edward Osman Bruce Cowen, thence by descent
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