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A BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANDI A BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18th century 17th century
Well-sculpted, the deity is shown seated on a weather-hollowed rock, The deity depicted with the right hand resting on her raised knee,
wearing the robes and cap of a scholar, flanked by a dragon emerging exposing a bare foot, draped in voluminous robes, adorned with a
from billowing clouds and a lion. pendant jeweled necklace, a hood partially covering her elaborately
9in (22.9cm) high coiffed tresses, the figure seated on an eroded rock, the glaze of ivory
white, pooling in the crevices with a warm tone.
US$4,000 - 6,000 9 1/4in (23.5cm) high

十八世紀 德化白釉關帝像 US$5,000 - 7,000

8048 十七世紀 德化白釉觀音坐像
A BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17th/18th century The face of this figure is particular sensitive. A Guanyin figure of related
The deity well modeled, perched on a rocky outcrop, with her arms design and with a similarly delicate face is illustrated by John Ayers in
resting on a rock ledge, her right arm grasping a ruyi scepter, the body Blanc De Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, New York, China Institute,
clothed in flowing robes, exposing her bare left foot, a hood draped 2002, p. 85, no. 36. See a related Guanyin figure, sold at Bonhams
from a lingzhi form tiara, the glaze with an ivory white tone, pooling to a London, 20 May 2008, sale 15796, lot 245.
tan color in the recesses.
6 1/4in (16cm) high

US$4,000 - 6,000

十七或十八世紀 德化白釉觀音坐像

Provenance
E.& J. Frankel

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