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Buddhist figure
Kuan Yin standing
Lost Art-ID
623027
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Chinese)
Title
Buddhist figure
Additional title
Kuan Yin standing
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze) / gilded
Height
16.00 cm
Description
Rectangular four-footed base decorated with flowers; the figure richly dressed; headdress - fluttering ribbons; left hand hanging down, right hand raised and holding a flower. 16 cm with plinth; the plinth alone 3.7 cm.
Provenance
April 1929 acquired by Herbert Ginsberg from Dr Stiassny, Museum of Art and Industry, Vienna; April 1929 - at least end of 1929 Ostasiatica collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; after 1945 no longer in the possession of Herbert Ginsberg; circumstances of loss unknown - a loss as a result of Nazi persecution cannot be ruled out. Whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921, Abschnitt: Bronzen, 2. Figuren, Nr. 67.
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