A wooden scultpure of Guanyin, Ming style but later.
Sculptured with a high chingon, amitaba buddha in the diadem, depicted with a broad face, downcast eyes, elongated earlobes and a gentle smile. Traces of pigment. Height 29 cm.
Cracks.
Provenance
From the collection of Johan Adolf Drougge, 1867-1956). A Swedish M.D. at Karolinska Institutet, who served as a doctor at the Kronoberg regiment 1903-1910, and at the Göta lifeguards from 1910. He was also a portrait painter, and has been exhibited at Liljevalchs in Stockholm. He was a passionate art and antiques collector and started a fund for research called the Adolf Drougge stiftelse.
Exhibitions
For other lots from this collection, see Bukowskis sale 645, lot 247. A west Anatolian "Lotto" rug, 17th century,
Literature
Litterature; see his home depicted in Svenska Hem i ord och bild 1926, page 233-243..