An ivory carving of Guanyin and boy


Late Ming DynastyThe slender lady carved standing and dressed in long robes with flowing robe with intricately detailed folds, her hands raised and cradling a boy holding a floral spray and with prayer beads hanging from her right forearm, wood stand and fitted box. 23.6cm (9 1/4in) high (3).
|明末 牙雕送子觀音立像Provenance: a distinguished French private collection來源： 顯貴法國私人收藏Compare with related ivory carvings of Guanyin as 'the sender of sons', with a boy in her arms, late Ming dynasty, illustrated by R.Kerr, P.Allen & C.F.Shih in Chinese Ivory Carvings: The Sir Victor Sassoon Collection, London, 2016, p.215.