Description
A VERY LARGE ‘BODHISATTVA AND IMMORTAL’ CORAL CARVING, LATE QING DYNASTY
China, 19th – early 20th century. Carved and incised in deep relief to depict Guanyin together with a boy and an immortal, standing on a bridge amid crashing waves, lotus flowers and swimming fish, the railing with seven shou characters.
Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
Condition: Old wear, some chips and losses. Several fractures with old repairs.
Weight: 3 kg
Dimensions: Length 37 cm
Antique coral carvings of this magnificent size and heavy weight are very rare.
大型珊瑚雕仙人,晚清
中國,十九至二十世紀。珊瑚雕刻觀音與童子立於橋上,四周荷花與龍魚,橋上可見壽字紋。
來源:Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏,同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞爾維亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。
品相:老磨損,一些磕碰與缺損。有幾處可見老修補。
重量:3 公斤
尺寸:長37 厘米