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A LARGE DEHUA STANDING FIGURE OF
GUANYIN

REPUBLIC PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The figure is elegantly modelled standing on a dragon’s head
partially submerged in swirling waves, her detachable left hand
holding an amphora, dressed in a voluminous robe with a
bejewelled necklace spanning her chest, her hair tied in a high
chignon behind a tiara moulded with a figure of Amitabha,
covered overall with an even white glaze. Her back is impressed
with a Xu Yunlin zhi seal mark.
32 æ in. (83.3 cm.) high, box

HK$1,500,000-2,500,000 US$200,000-320,000

Xu Yunlin (1887-1940), or Xu Youyi, was a renowned ceramicist from
Dehua, active during the late Qing to early Republic period. Born
to a family of professional carvers, Xu excelled in modelling Dehua
Buddhist figures.

姙⍳佑炷1887–1940炸炻⎵忚≯炻嘇暚湇炻⽟⊾䷋Ṣ炻↢幓晽
⇣ᶾ⭞炻ⶍἃ⁷晽⟹ˤ

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