A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD SEATED FIGURE OF GUANYIN Ming Dynasty

A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD SEATED FIGURE OF GUANYIN Ming Dynasty Seated in dhyanasana, the hands posed to possibly hold a lotus stem, wearing long robes falling in folds around his folded knees and tied on a bow at his belly below jewels framing his exposed chest, his downcast face with a serene and benevolent expression flanked by elongated earlobes suspending ornate earrings, remnants of gilt and lacquer visible throughout. 20cm (8 1/8in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明 漆金木雕觀音菩薩坐像 Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London 來源： 倫敦古董商 Ben Janssens Oriental Art Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2018, London, 2018, pp.70-71. 展覽著錄： Ben Janssens Oriental Art，《TEFAF 2018》，倫敦，2018年，第70-71頁 The current lot is a rare example of Ming dynasty gilt-lacquered wood Buddhist sculpture. These small Buddhist figures, like the present piece, were typically created for private devotion or for inclusion in portable shrines for travellers, rather than for use in temples. See a related gilt-lacquered wood seated Buddha, Ming dynasty, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no. 42.151.4a–f). See a similar but larger gilt-lacquered wood figure of seated Guanyin, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 15 September 2014, lot 8078. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing