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A LARGE DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
19TH CENTURY

The bodhisattva is shown standing with head
turned to the side and hands clasped in front.
The full robes are draped gracefully around
the body and adorned with beaded chains
that fall to the hem. The chest is spanned by
a ruyi necklace, and the hair is pulled up into
a topknot secured by a hairpin behind a lotus
crown centered by Amitabha, and is draped
with a scarf in back. The glaze has a bluish
tone in the folds. A boji yuren (virtue extends
to all, even fshermen) mark is incised within
a square on the back.
18Ω in. (47 cm.) high, box

$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE:

Acquired in New York in the 1980s.

Compare the similarly modeled fgure of Guanyin
of the same large size and also bearing the
mark boji yuren, but shown holding a scroll in
the right hand, sold at Christie’s New York, 29
March 2006, lot 502.

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