A LARGE CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF GUANYIN, MING China, 1368-1644. The bodhisattva seated in padmasana on a double lotus base, one hand showing the shuni mudra, wearing long flowing robes, a bejeweled necklace and a high tiara. Condition: Condition as seen with massive age crack, extensive weathering and losses, and calcification. Provenance: The Reinhold Hofstaetter collection, Vienna, and thence by decent. Acquired in Austria before 1980, by repute from a Lady of Nobility. Weight: 7.2 kg. Dimensions: Height 72.9 cm.