A RARE AND MASSIVE STUCCO HEAD OF GUANYIN 17th/18th century The full fleshy face with downcast eyes accentuated by wide arched eyebrows, straight nose, plump pouty lips and subtle double-chin, the forehead with a large circular urna, all between long pendulous ears, beneath neatly-dressed hair drawn up in a high chignon secured by a high foliate crown with a central Buddha Amitabha amidst interlacing floral scrolls, metal stand. 95cm (37 1/2in) high. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七/十八世紀 彩塑觀音頭像 See a related polychrome clay head of Buddha with a crown, 15th century, in the Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum, Hong Kong, acc.no.2017.29. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com