Guanyin on Buddhist Lion Soapstone Carving, Provenance: German-Thai Collection
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Soapstone carving of guanyin seated on a Buddhist lion. Very finely carved guanyin holding a vase and seated on a lion of fu. Height 21 cm. Provenance: Estates late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose Company imported luxury European goods, and (with Royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra.
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