Description
AN IVORY 'GUANYIN AND CHILD' GROUP, LATE MING DYNASTY
China, 16th-early 17th century. Depicted with the bodhisattva standing and holding a child and a rosary, wearing voluminous wide-sleeved robes with her hair untied, the child clutching a fruit, the ivory deeply patinated to a creamy tone suffused with caramel patches.
Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, Ivories of China and the East, 1984, cat no 44. An English collector, acquired from the above, and thence by descent. Illustrated on the cover of the Spink catalogue.
Condition: Old wear and weathering, age cracks, minor losses. Overall good condition, especially considering the age of this fine piece.
Weight: 430.6 g without base
Dimensions: 19.5 cm (including base) and 18 cm (without base)
Associated wood base. (2)
Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related carving at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Scholarly Art from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Gerard Hawthorn, 31 May 2018, lot 22, sold for HKD $100,000.
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象牙觀音送子,明末
中國,十六至十七世紀初。觀音立像,一手抱一童子一手拿著一串念珠,穿著寬大的長袖長袍,頭髮沒有束縛,孩子抓著水果,象牙成奶色,上面分佈著焦糖色的斑點。
來源:Spink & Son Ltd藝廊,中國和亞洲象牙,1984,畫冊編號44。英國收藏家,購於上述藝廊,保存至今。為Spink畫冊封面。
品相:老磨損與風化,年代裂紋,輕微缺損。整體品相相對於其年代而言非常好。
重量:不含底座430.6 克
尺寸:含底座19.5厘米;不含底座18厘米
拍賣結果比較:一件相似的雕像于香港蘇富比《來自Mr and Mrs Gerard Hawthorn收藏的文房藝術》 ,2018年5月31日,拍號22,成交價HKD
$100,000。
此拍品只能於歐盟內寄送,或親自至本藝廊取貨。