Coral and lapis lazuli group, China, 20th century Representing a standing coral Guanyin wearing a necklace and tiara, holding a flaming pearl in one hand, a phoenix around the other arm, each foot resting on an open lotus, supported on one side by a dragon and on the other by a turtle, on a lapis lazuli base carved with tumultuous openwork waves One end (of the coral) broken. Total height 26.5 cm Provenance: Dufraigne collection, May 1985 This lot is part of the collection of a geology enthusiast from Lyon, built up between 1970 and 1990.