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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
1338
A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The bodhisattva is shown seated with
her full robes pulled tightly around the
body, exposing one foot and a beaded
pectoral necklace, and is draped
over her hair as a cowl. A potter’s
mark is impressed on the back.
9º in. (23.5 cm.) high, wood stand
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE
Morpurgo, Amsterdam.
Jacobus Verhagen Collection, Amsterdam,
acquired in the 1950s-60s, and thence by
descent within the family.
清十七/十八世紀 德化白釉觀音坐像
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