A CHINESE ROCK CRYSTAL FIGURE OF GUANYIN

Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century

清十八或十九世紀 水晶雕觀音立像

The Goddess of Mercy carved with long flowing robes, her hair in a high topknot, standing atop a lotus base in varada mudra, the base with a paper label that reads 'WARHOL 042525 4241/2',

21.3cm high

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PROVENANCE:

Sotheby's New York, The Andy Warhol Collection, 1988 [label]

來源：

紐約蘇富比，安迪·沃霍爾舊藏，1988 年 [標籤]

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c.f. Compare an identical rock crystal carving, but lacking the lotus base, see Christie's South Kensington, 12th February 2004, lot 43.

For similar rock crystal carvings of Guanyin, of the same size and period, see Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, 11th June 2003.