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MARCHANT: NINE DECADES IN CHINESE ART
732 A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
LATE MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The deity is shown seated cross-legged on a low
rocky platform, wearing a tiara containing a small
fgure of Amitabha Buddha, and a long robe
which falls in folds that also conceal the hands
and feet. The fgure is covered in a creamy,
warm-toned glaze.
7¡ in. (18.8 cm.) high
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE
Roger Duchange, Paris, 25 May 1993.
Important private collection, Saint Cloud, France.
A related fgure of Guanyin, but without the
rockwork base or the tiara, and bearing the mark
of the Dehua potter Mei Xinrong, is illustrated by
P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1969,
pl. 155A.
晚明 德化白釉觀音坐像
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