188. RARE ET GRANDE STATUETTE DE SONGZI GUANYIN EN BRONZE DORÉ Époque Kangxi (1662-1722) A RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SONGZI GUANYIN Kangxi period Standing on a lotus base, slightly turned to the left, wearing a fine robe and shawls draped over her shoulders and arms, carrying a small infant with her right arm, her head turned down and looking at a small boy at her side holding on to her left hand, her face with a gentle expression, her heard neatly coiffed and covered with a long cowl sheltering the Amitabha crown, wood stand. 36.6cm (14 3/8in) high (without stand). (2). 清康熙 銅鎏金送子觀音立像 Provenance: Collection of Eugen Turi (1920-2016), Munich, acquired in Munich in the 1950s or and 1960s (by repute) Nagel, 9 December 2014, lot 831 來源： 慕尼黑Eugen Turi（1920-2016)珍藏，於1950年代或1960年代得自慕尼黑（傳） 納高拍賣行，2014年12月9日，編號831 Songzi Guanyin, the maternal, feminine emanation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, was portrayed with the youth Sudhana, after the Song dynasty. The portrayal of the deity continued in both male and female forms until the late Ming dynasty, when the feminine form became prevalent. Songzi Guanyin, Avalokiteshvara with a child, very likely first appeared around this time and it is possible that the 'Avalokiteshvara with a child' iconography was inspired by images of the Madonna and Child, introduced to China by Jesuit missionaries in around 1600. Ceramic groups of the Christian subject also appear in Kangxi period Dehua kiln production, supporting this hypothesis. Compare the present figure with two seated gilt-bronze figures of Avalokiteshvara with child, both attributed to the Ming dynasty and with similar features, and treatment of the ornaments and garments, sold in Sotheby's London, 15 April 1983, lot 108, the second sold in Sotheby's London, 2 November 1984, lot 341. See also a massive gilt-bronze figure of Songzi Guanyin with child, sold Sotheby's New York, 10 September 2019, lot 309.