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A Dehua figure of Guanyin A Dehua figure of Guanyin A Dehua figure of Guanyin
He Chaochun double gourd seal, 19th/ He Chaochun double gourd seal mark, He Chaozong yin seal mark
early 20th century 19th/early 20th century Seated lalitasana holding a ruyi scepter in
Standing on a rocky outcropping next to a Standing on a lotus pad supported by stylized her left hand, a lotus pendant and beaded
rockwork pedestal containing a basket of waves, the richly adorned figure holding necklace adorning her bare chest under
fish, the delicate figure wearing and elaborate a ruyi scepter in her right hand, her left in downcast eyes and high chignon, the well-
necklace setting off her plaited locks and vitarkamudra as she stands next to a basket figured deity draped in voluminous robes
holding an embellished ruyi scepter in her of fish resting on a rock-work plinth, the extending over a herringbone-patterned base,
fight hand, her small shoulders accented by delicate figure heavily jeweled. the four-character seal impressed at the
ribbon-like sashes cascading down the sides 9 1/2in (24.2cm) high center of her back.
of her slender form, the double gourd seal $2,000 - 3,000 10 1/4in (26cm) high
impressed into the reverse. $8,000 - 12,000
9 1/2in (24.2cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000 For a related example with herringbone
pattern base and dated to the 19th/20th
For a closely related figure see Donnelly, op. century, see Rose Kerr and John Ayers, Blanc
cit., figure 152, e, and p. 277. de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, 2002, figure
6; and Donnelly, op. cit., plate 155c.
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