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PROPERTY FROM THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK A similar fgure is illustrated by R. Kerr and J. Ayers in Blanc de Chine,
Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, p. 53, fg. 3. Another example of this
1229 type is illustrated by P.J. Donnelly in Blanc de Chine, New York, pl. 99B and
A DEHUA MULTI-ARMED FIGURE OF DOUMU pp.172 and 173, where the author explains that this fgure is often known as
Doumu, the Daoist goddess of the Pole Star.
17TH-18TH CENTURY
十七/十八世紀 德化白釉斗姥元君坐像
The Daoist goddess is depicted seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with the
primary hands in anjali mudra and the secondary hands radiating around her
holding various attributes.
9Ω in. (24.1 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1962.
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