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A BRONZE FIGURE OF SONGZI GUANYIN AND CHILD, MING DYNASTY 明代送子觀音銅像
奥地利
2024年03月01日 开拍
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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

China, 1368-1644. Heavily cast, the seated deity holding an infant child in the palm of one hand and cradling its head with the other. She is dressed in voluminous robes with incised foliate hems. Her serene face with heavy-lidded eyes below arched brows and full lips forming a benevolent smile. Her neatly incised hair is arranged in a high chignon and falls elegantly in strands along her shoulders, behind an elaborate headdress formed of three phoenixes.

Provenance: French trade. Acquired from an old private estate in the Normandy, by repute.
Condition: Good condition with expected old wear, casting flaws, minor nicks, light scratches, small dents, losses. The wood base in good condition with expected age cracks, light scratches, small nicks.

Weight: 2,287 g (excl. stand) and 3,065 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 29 cm (excl. stand) and 35.5 cm (incl. stand)



With an old, finely carved, fitted wood stand of European origin and dating from the last quarter of the 19th century. (2)

The Songzi representation of Guanyin, or the 'Bringer of Sons,' is identifiable by the boy held in her hands. Male children were extremely important to Confucian family structure. They ensured not only the continuity of family and clan, but that there would be uninterrupted generations to carry on the rituals of ancestral worship. The Child-Giving Guanyin was prayed to by worshipers for healthy children and intelligent male heirs. Extant depictions of Songzi Guanyin from the later Ming dynasty are known in various materials, including bronze, wood, stone, and ivory.

Expert’s note: The present figure of Songzi Guanyin bears some resemblance to other female deities, chiefly Xiwangmu (the Queen Mother of the West) and Bixia Yuanjun (the Primordial Sovereign of the Colored Clouds of Dawn), especially in the phoenix headdress. Being the most popular female deity in China over many centuries, Guanyin, and especially her maternal manifestation Songzi Guanyin, was syncretized into Taoism and Chinese folk religion. Compare a related larger bronze figure of Bixia Yuanjun, dated 1375-1450, 98 cm high, in the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1967.333, illustrated in Stephen Little, Taoism and the Arts of China, Chicago, 2000, p. 278, no. 95.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 November 2022, lot 555
Estimate: HKD 60,000 or approx. EUR 7,100 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze figure of Guanyin and child, Ming dynasty, 16th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and manner of casting. Note the much smaller size (16.9 cm).



明代送子觀音銅像
中國,1368-1644 年。菩薩身穿通肩式大衣,披戴瓔珞與手環,著連身長裙,雙手捧抱嬰孩,結跏趺坐於蓮台。菩薩臉型方圓,頭額寬大,五官較為集中,雙眼垂視眾生,鼻子娟秀,唇角上揚,神情愉悅自在。此尊觀音頭戴花冠,兩縷髮辮順著肩頭飄墜,耳朵長垂,穿配蓮花紋耳飾,

來源:法國古玩交易,據説購於諾曼底私人莊園。
品相:狀況良好,有磨損、鑄造缺陷、輕微劃痕、小凹痕、缺損。木質底座狀況良好,有老化裂紋、輕微劃痕、刻痕。

重量:2,287 克 (不含底座),3,065 克 (含底座)
尺寸:高 29 厘米(不含底座) ,35.5 厘米(含底座)

配有一個精雕細刻的歐洲木架,其歷史可以追溯到1875年後。(2)

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:香港蘇富比,2022年11月25日,lot 555
估價:HKD 60,000(相當於今日EUR 7,100
描述:明十六世紀銅送子觀音坐像
專家評論:比較非常相近的主題和鑄造風格。請注意尺寸較小(16.9厘米)

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