AN IVORY FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND CHILD Ming Dynasty The deity carved seated on rockwork with the right foot, finely modelled with a serene expression and downcast eyes, dressed in long flowing robe with undulated folds, holding a set of prayer beads, both hands raised to cradle a boy at her right side, wood stand. 12cm (4 5/8in) high. (2). 注脚 明 牙雕觀音送子坐像 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 illustrated in Chinese Ivories: from the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, p.59, no.29. See a related but larger ivory Guanyin and child, late Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 22.