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A LARGE DEHUA STANDING FIGURE OF

GUANYIN

REPUBLIC PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The figure of the Bodhisattva is standing on a base of swirling
clouds, both hands held in front of the body, hidden under
voluminous robes exposing pendent jewellery chains and bare
feet, the full-face finely modelled with eyes downcast and corners
of the lips slightly indented to provide a serene expression, the hair
swept up behind a floral diadem accommodating the Amitabha,
in front of the top knot and fastened with a hairpin, reserving two
strands of hair falling loosely on the shoulders, the reverse bearing
two square seal marks, both of four-character, Xu Yunlin zhi,
‘Made by Xu Yunlin’.
34 in. (86.4 cm.) high, box

HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000

Compare with a large standing Dehua figure of Buddha, illustrated by
P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1967, pl 156; the figure also
bears two impressions of Xu Yunlin’s seals as the first was considered
too faint, op. cit., p. 158.

Xu Yunlin (1887-1940), or Xu Youyi, was a renowned ceramicist from
Dehua, active during the late Qing to early Republic period. Born
to a family of professional carvers, Xu excelled in modelling Dehua
Buddhist figures.

民國 德化白釉觀音菩薩立像
「許雲麟製」款

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