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A LARGE BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN Skilfully modelled with great attention to detail and light milky-white
ON A BUDDHIST LION glaze, the present Guanyin bears the mark of Xu Youyi (1887-1940),
Impressed double-gourd seal of Dehua and two seals of Xu Yunlin, the principal follower, pupil and associate of the master Dehua potter
late Qing Dynasty Su Xuejin (1869-1919); see J.Ayers, Blanc de Chine: Divine Images
The Goddess of Mercy seated on a lion with her bare right foot in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p.121. Compare a large Dehua figure
crossed over the right knee, adorned with elaborate jewellery and of Samantabhadra, illustrated in R.Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine: The
flowing ribbons, the lion modelled with thickly curling eyebrows, mane Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley, 2002, pp.203-204.
and tail, wood stand.
49.5cm (19 1/2in) high. (2). A pair of large blanc-de-chine figures of Bodhisattvas riding a lion and
an elephant, impressed Xu Yunlin marks, early 20th century, were sold
£8,000 - 12,000 at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 3196.
CNY71,000 - 110,000

清末 德化白瓷騎吼觀音坐像
「德化」、「許雲麟製」篆書印款

Provenance: an Italian private collection

來源： 意大利私人收藏
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