Attributed to Mei Lanfang

(Chinese, 1894-1961)

Guanyin
ink and color on silk, hanging scroll
signed and dated 1934, with a dedication to Thubten Choekyi Nyima (the 9th Panchen Lama), two artist seals, Nanmoamituofo, Lanfang zhi yin, two collector's seal of the Panchen Lama.
梅蘭芳（款）
（近代，1894-1961）
南海觀音像
絹本設色，立軸
款識：中華民國二十有三年九月十日為國師班禪佛師造像一區伏願極樂國土諸佛護念同蒙福慶，畹華梅蘭芳。
鈐印：南無阿彌陀佛、護國宣化廣慧大師班禪之印、班禪額爾德尼、蘭芳之印

Image: 33 x 10 1/4 in., 84 x 26 cm.

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