COURT DANCER OR GUANYIN. TIGER’S EYE CARVED. CHINA, 20TH CENTURY.
Decorative Antiques -
Reference: ZF0911
Courtesan. Carved tiger's eye. China, 20th century. Female figure made of tiger's eye (quartz, limonite and riebeckite, with a cat's eye or chatoyancy effect) that shows a young lady, with a cloth floating over her shoulders and a flowering branch in one of her hands, and arranged in a graceful attitude that would make one think of a courtesan dancing. It is possible that it represents Guanyin, the name given in China to Avalokitesvara bdhisattva revered in Buddhism.
· Size: 7x3x21 cms
250 €