A pair of gilt bronze acolytes, 17th/18th century
(4)Estimate $6,000 – $7,000
the boy standing with hands held together in front, wearing a short robe and trailing scarf, his hair tied into three top-knots; the girl standing with hands draped with a presentation cloth, supporting a flaming pearl on an offering dish, wearing a ruyi cloud collar over a long wide-sleeved robe, and long scarf, her hair drawn back into double loops, wood stands
(4)
12 cm high
Provenance
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 1 May 2007, lot 208
Private Collection, Melbourne
Literature
These two youths are considered Guanyin's acolytes and appear together in many legends concerning Guanyin.
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