A polychrome carved stone stele 

Northern Wei / Northern Qi dynasty

北魏 / 北齊 石雕觀音三尊像

carved in high relief with Guanyin standing at the center of a wide rectangular plinth, the Goddess of Compassion framed by a tall petal-shaped mandorla and flanked at either side by a haloed standing attendant, each of the three figures positioned atop a lotus blossom, Guanyin dressed in robes, a dhoti, and a lobed diadem with the head bowed and the pendent left hand and raised right hand each holding an object, the robed attendants with their heads bowed and hands clasped at the chest within sleeves, traces of red, black, and green pigment throughout, the reverse unadorned, the base drilled and affixed to a wood stand (2)

Height 13 ? in., 35.2 cm

Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 11th September 1969, lot 77.

J. T. Tai & Co., New York.

Sotheby's New York, 14th September 2011, lot 307.

來源

Parke-Bernet Galleries，紐約，1969年9月11日，編號77

戴潤齋，紐約

紐約蘇富比2011年9月14日，編號307