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ANOTHER PROPERTY
1037
A RARE WHITE-GLAZED FIGURE OF
GUANYIN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The Goddess of Mercy is shown seated with her
right arm resting on her bent knee while holding a
scroll in her left hand. She wears a long robe and
her serene face is framed by an elegant topknot
secured with a ruyi-form hairpin, with the coiffure
finely incised and outlined in dark pigment.
9º in. (23.5 cm.) high, fitted cloth box

$15,000-25,000
This rare and distinct type of white-glazed
porcelain figure of Guanyin with finely painted
hair details in dark pigments, is known to be
associated with a group of Guanyin figures
produced by Tang Ying (1682-1756), who was
the head of Imperial porcelain workshop in
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province during the reigns
1035 (two views) of the Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors from
1728 to 1756.The most well-known figure of in
this group of seated Guanyin, inscribed with a
THOUGHTS ACROSS THE WATERS: ASIAN ART FROM THE DAVID DRABKIN four-character mark Tang Ying jin zhi (respectfully
COLLECTION made by Tang Ying), and dated to the Qianlong
1035 period, is currently the collection of Tianjin
A UNUSUAL SMALL ENAMELED CONCH-FORM PALETTE Museum. See https://www.tjbwg.com/cn/
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF collectionInfo.aspx?Id=2610
THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The small palette is molded as a conch, with curvilinear ridges glazed in a 清乾隆 白釉持經觀音
speckled brown to imitate the spiraled shell, and the interior glazed in a pale
blush tone, all raised on three small multicolored conch-form feet.
3º in. (8.2 cm.) wide

$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
David Drabkin Collection.

遙思寄遠：龍大衛珍藏亞洲藝術
清乾隆 海螺式筆舔 礬紅四字篆書款
來源:
龍大衛珍藏

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTOR
1036
A LAVENDER-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC LIBATION CUP
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The square flaring cup is modeled in relief with kui dragons clambering
over the sides, with one peering over the mouth rim, above shallowly carved
decoration of broad leaves and a band of stylized masks, all under a thick
bluish-lavender glaze.
4æ in. (12 cm.) high

$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
Christie’s New York, 2 December 1985, lot 309.

紐約私人珍藏
清十八/十九世紀 淺藍釉仿古夔龍盃
1036
來源:
紐約佳士得, 1985年12月2日, 拍品編號309

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