Chinese Porcelain Guanyin with Rosewood Base
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A Chinese cream porcelain Guanyin, the contemplative Guanyin in a classic seated position with one knee partly raised, her eyes downcast and her hair coiled and embellished with beads, cradling a ruyi in her left hand across her arm, and supported on a zoomorphic cabriole leg; with a rosewood base. Guinyan height 21 cm. Width 16.5 cm. Depth 10 cm. Stand height 5.5 cm. Width 21 cm. Depth 11 cm
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- Rosewood - A dense timber that varies in shade to very light brown to almost black. When rosewood is cut and sanded the colour of the timber will turn black, and after polishing and exposure to daylight, the surface will gradually lighten over time to light brown with black streaks.
The name comes from the odour emanating from the timber when it is planed, sanded or cut.
Rosewood was very popular for use in Victorian furniture in the second half of the 19th century, and at that time most of the rosewood was imported from Brazil. However it also grows in India and Indonesia.
It is used in the sold for chairs and table legs, but for carcase furniture such as side cabinets and bookcases, and for table tops it is always used as a veneer. - Zoomorphic - Objects made having the shape, form, or likeness of an animal. For example, the Hindu god Ganesha has the head of an elephant.
The term is also applied to furniture made from animal parts. Examples are chandeliers, hallstands and chairs made from deer antlers and umbrella stands, ice buckets and other objects made from an elephant's foot.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Oriental deities, other materials
- oriental zoomorphic objects - Chinese zoomorphic themed objects 55
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