China, 16th to early 17th century. The Goddess of Mercy boldly carved standing and carrying a child, wearing voluminous wide-sleeved robes, a rosary hanging from the left arm, the child clutching a lotus spray. Her serene face with heavy-lidded eyes and full lips forming a calm smile.

Provenance: From a noted German private collection.
Condition: Very good condition with old wear, minor losses, natural age cracks. Superb honey-brown patina.

Weight: 1,020 g
Dimensions: Height 30.2 cm

Literature comparison: Compare with a related ivory carving of Guanyin with a boy in her arms dated to the 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 dated to the late Ming dynasty is illustrated in Chinese Ivories: from the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, p. 59, no. 29.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related ivory figure of Guanyin and child, also dated 16th to early 17th century, but of smaller size (19.2 cm high), at Christie’s Hong Kong, in The Imperial Sale on 31 May 2010, lot 2036, sold for HKD 312,500.

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中國，十六至十七世紀初。細膩雕刻觀音送子像。觀音抱著一個小童，身著寬大的長衣，左臂掛著念珠，孩子手中抓著一朵蓮花。她平靜的臉龐，雙眼微垂，表情祥和。

來源：德國知名私人收藏。
品相：狀況非常好，磨損，輕微缺損，自然老化裂紋，細膩的蜜色包漿。
重量：1,020 克
尺寸：高30.2 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件象牙送子觀音像，同樣為十六至十七世紀初，但尺寸稍小 (高19.2 厘米), 見香港佳士得 The Imperial Sale 2010年5月31日 lot 2036, 售價HKD 312,500。