The deity carved seated in dhyana sana with long flowing robes that fall in neat folds around her legs, her face finely carved with downcast eyes flanking a curved nose and gently pursed lips, her hair tied in a high chignon behind a tiara set with a votive figure of Buddha(Quantity:1)Dimensions: approx. 93cm highProvenance:Dutch private collection, formed since the 1980s; Acquired by a private collector, Surrey, UK 來源： 荷蘭私人收藏，自1980年代起入藏； 英國薩里郡私人收藏，購自上述藏家Notes:The present figure of Bodhisattva Guanyin is carved with realistic facial features, such as the subtle indent of her philtrum and her rounder, fuller cheeks and chin. See a comparable figure, this one of the Water Moon Guanyin, sold at Christie's London, 10 May 2016, lot 27 [link]; and another at Christie's Paris, 12 Jun 2012, lot 292 [link]. Also see a large polychrome wood figure of a seated Bodhisattva from the collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, of almost identical dimensions but dated to the Song-Jin dynasty, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 March 2015, lot 58 [link]. 此觀音菩薩像面部雕刻寫實，如人中微凹，雙頰及下頷豐滿圓潤。參考一例水月觀音像，售於倫敦佳士得，2016年5月10日，拍品編號27；另一例售於巴黎佳士得，2012年6月12日，拍品編號292。另可參考安思遠舊藏一尊木雕彩繪菩薩坐像，尺寸相若，定年宋/金，售於紐約佳士得，2015年3月17日，拍品編號58。