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A Dehua figure of Guanyin A Dehua figure of a Buddhist Monk
17th/18th century 17th/18th century
The Bodhisattva modelled as the ‘Guanyin of the South Sea’ standing The emaciated figure, probably depicting Asita, seated on a rocky
in contraposto atop a crustacean, clad in flowing robes, the left arm plinth with his hands resting on a raised knee, the smiling face flanked
cradling a ruyi sceptre, the serene face crowned with long hair falling with elongated earlobes, crowned with hair ringlets and a raised urna.
to the shoulders in tresses. 23.8cm (9 3/8in) high
24.8cm (9 3/4in) high
£2,000 - 3,000 HK$24,000 - 35,000 £2,000 - 3,000 HK$24,000 - 35,000
CNY19,000 - 28,000 CNY19,000 - 28,000
For a similarly posed figure of Guanyin see P.J. Donnelly, Blanc-de- For a similarly posed figure, catalogued as ‘The Lohan A-Shih-to’,
chine, Faber&Faber 1969, pl. 146D. dated 18th century, see P.J. Donnelly, Blanc-de-Chine, Faber & Faber,
1969.
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