Spring Antique Art and Arms, April 10th, 2021
Lot 116:
Very fine old Ming Dynasty Chinese carved root/wood figurine of Guan Yin. Painted carved wood with traces of apparently original polychrome decoration. Some minor losses entirely consistent with age.Often these early wooden sculptures have been overpainted and stripped many times over the centuries, and finished with a papier m̢ch̩ reinforcing outer layer. Originally these figures would have been polychrome painted in naturalistic colors and would have served as objects of great veneration in ancient China. Guan Yin (or Kwan Yin) is considered by some to be the most widely beloved Buddhist divinity. She is the female bodhisattva of infinite compassion and mercy in East Asian Buddhism. Her full name is Guan Shi Yina. Guan translates as observe, watch, or monitor. Shi refers to the world. Yin means sounds Рspecifically the sounds of those who suffer.
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