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A LARGE AND FINELY MODELLED DEHUA 清十八世紀初 德化白瓷觀音立像
FIGURE OF GUANYIN
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY 《何朝宗》款
finely modelled standing in an elegant posture on a rocky 來源
base showing one bare foot, her hands lightly clasped in 倫敦蘇富比1982年12月14日，編號210
front holding a rosary, wearing layered robes loosely draped
over her shoulders and gathering in voluminous folds over
either arm and opening at the chest to reveal an elaborate 展覽
beaded necklace, the serene face with downcast eyes and 《中國名陶日本巡迴展•港台名家收藏陶瓷精品》，
a gentle smile framed by a high chignon, the back with an 日本橋高島屋，東京，1992年，第150頁
impressed leaf mark reading He Chaozong, covered overall
with a creamy-white glaze
Height 45 cm, 17¾ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 14th December 1982, lot 210.
EXHIBITED
Zhongguo mingtao riben xunhui zhan. Gangtai mingjia
shoucang taoci jingpin [Exhibition of Famous Chinese
Ceramics Touring Japan. Fine Ceramics from Private Hong
Kong and Taiwanese Collections], Nihonbashi Takashimaya,
Tokyo, 1992, p. 150.

‡ £ 40,000-60,000
This figure of the bodhisattva Guanyin belongs to a rare Standing figures of Guanyin with the He Chaozong mark
group of large porcelain sculptures that bear the mark are unusual, although a figure of similar proportions, in
of He Chaozong. The most prominent master potter in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated
the town of Dehua, in Fuijan province, He is believed to in Patrick Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl.
have been active between in the Jiajing (r. 1522-1566) 145A; and another in the Fujian Provincial Museum, was
and Wanli (r. 1573-1619) reigns, although some scholars included in the exhibition Dehua Wares, Fung Ping Shan
believe him to have been active as early as 1522. He is Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1990, cat.
celebrated as a talented artist, who was able to capture no. 113. See also a smaller figure, from the collection of
fleeting expressions and gestures in his sculptures. E.T Chow, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 19 May 1981, lot
th
His hand is visible on this piece in the bodhisattva’s 464, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November
th
graceful pose and undulating robe, the fine articulation 2016, lot 3324.
of the figure’s hands, and her contemplative and serene
expression.

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