A Chinese small Guanyin of cold gilded bronze seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus throne with hands in Uttarabodhi mudra, the head wearing an elaborate crown centred with seated figure of Amitabha Buddha. On the reverse several names engraved presumably previous owners. Ming 1368–1644. Weight 909 g. H. 20 cm. Provenance: Descendants of Poul Laursen (1910–1983), who was director of the Great Nordic Telegraph Company and stationed in Shanghai from 1947–1951 with his wife Trine Laursen.
A Chinese small Guanyin of cold gilded bronze seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus throne with hands in Uttarabodhi mudra, the head wearing an elaborate crown centred with seated figure of Amitabha Buddha. On the reverse several names engraved presumably previous owners. Ming 1368–1644. Weight 909 g. H. 20 cm.
Provenance: Descendants of Poul Laursen (1910–1983), who was director of the Great Nordic Telegraph Company and stationed in Shanghai from 1947–1951 with his wife Trine Laursen.
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