An ivory carving of Guanyin and boy


Late Ming DynastyCarved seated and stepping on a lotus flower with the left foot, the Goddess of Mercy modelled with a serene expression and downcast eyes, dressed in long flowing robe with undulated folds, the hands raised to cradle a boy at her right side, fitted box. 21.7cm (8 1/2in) high (2).
|明末 牙雕觀音送子坐像Provenance: E.L.Paget Collection, no.1950A distinguished french private collection來源： E.L.Paget收藏，藏品編號1950顯貴法國私人收藏Compare with a related ivory carving of Guanyin with a boy in her arms, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Ming and Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P.Lin Collection, Hong Kong, 2014, p.297, no.179. Another related ivory carving of Guanyin and child, late Ming dynasty, is also illustrated in Chinese Ivories: from the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, p.59, no.29.