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A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN Flora E. Whiting (1881-1971) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1971.
18TH-19TH CENTURY 清十八/十九世紀 德化白釉觀音坐像 《何朝宗印》款
來源
The fgure is shown seated with her right arm resting on a prunus Flora E. Whiting（1881-1971）珍藏。
branch and her left arm holding a ruyi scepter, and wearing loose 紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1971年。
robes open at the chest to reveal a bejeweled necklace. Her hair is
dressed in a knotted plait secured with a hairpin trailing down on (mark)
either side of her shoulders. The back of the fgure is impressed with a
He Chaozong yin mark.
6æ in. (17.2 cm.) high, wood stand
$4,000-6,000
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