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A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The fnely modelled fgure is seated on rocks wearing voluminous robes that
fall in graceful folds around the body. She holds a child with a lotus bud in
his hand on her raised knee. She wears a beaded necklace and and the hair
is elegantly coifed in a topknot adorned with jewellery. The fgure is covered
overall in a creamy glaze of ivory tone. The back is impressed with a seal
reading He Chaozhong yin (the seal of He Chaozhong).
13 in. (33 cm.) high
£6,000-8,000 US$7,500-10,000
€6,800-9,000

明末清初 德化白釉觀音像

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A WHITE-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC 'LIBATION' CUP
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The cup is moulded with two pairs of confronting small chilong to the upper
section and a raised band of taotie masks to the waist, all above a ground
of incised lappets. The openwork handle is formed by one large and three
small chilong climbing towards the rim. The cup is covered overall with a pale
blueish-white glaze.
4æ in. (12.1 cm.) high
£6,000-8,000 US$7,500-10,000
€6,800-9,000
The present cup represents a group which was inspired by similarly-
decorated rhinoceros horn cups of related shape, such as the rhinoceros horn
example from the collection of the late Dr. Ip Yee, illustrated by J. Chapman
in The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, p. 130, no.
135. Compare to a similarly decorated cup from the Collection of the late
Professor E.T. Hall, C.B.E., sold at Christie's, London, 7 June 2004, lot 213,
and again at Chrsitie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1770.

清乾隆 白釉螭龍紋杯

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