Details
The figure of Guanyin shown seated with one leg resting over her other leg; the scholar figure modelled seated with his hands held in front of his chest
The larger, 1214 in. (31 cm.) high
Literature
The scholar figure: C. Hussey, ‘Nymans – I, Sussex. The Residence of Lieut-Colonel Leonard Messel’, Country Life, 17 September 1932, p. 320, illustrated in the ‘Long Drawing Room'.
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