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A white glazed bottle vase A Dehua seated Guanyin and attendants
18th century 17th/early 18th century
Of classic yuhuchun form with a flared rim to the waisted neck and In her incarnation of Songzi, Giver of Children, the crowned deity sits
full pear-shaped body raised on a tall, flared foot, the lustrous glaze on a rockwork plinth holding a child and flanked by a book and an
covering unevenly all surfaces except the rounded foot pad where the amphora resting on rocky outcroppings above her attendants Longnu
fine clay fabric is exposed. and Shancai flanking two dragon fish emerging from waves, the
12 1/16 (30.6cm) high serene deity in deep contemplation.
$20,000 - 30,000 13 1/4in (33.6cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000
White glazed yuhuchunping are rare. A pair of vases with ring handles
were excavated in Tomb 5 of the Marquess of Xining, (d. 1407); see J. Provenance
M Addis, Chinese Ceramics from datable Tombs, 1978, pp. 94-95. A circular label of S. Marchant and Sons adhered to reverse
magnificent tianbai yuhuchunping with anhua decoration, Yongle, from
a Distinguished American Collection was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, For a related figure, see P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, 1969, pl. 75,
27, November 2013, lot 3211; another from the Meiyintang Collection and discussion on pp. 153-154.
was sold in Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 49.
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18th century examples like the current lot are found predominantly in A dehua white glazed porcelain Guanyin
copper-red glaze or blue glazed examples. See Christie’s New York, He Chaozong double gourd seal mark and Xuande seal mark,
24 March 2011, lot 1144; and Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 19th/20th century
2011, lot 217. Standing on a lotus blossom and the head of a dragon fish, the
slender deity with head inclined to the left, her hair falling in plaited
locks on her layered robes, her right hand in vitarkamudra the left
hand holding a jewel, beaded jewelry falling from her dhoti and draped
across her chest, the two seals impressed into the back of her cape.
11 3/4in (30cm) high
$5,000 - 8,000
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