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237 Devotional shrines and figures became popular during the Southern
Song period, and small-scale shrines from this period likely provided
A rare small Qingbai figure of a seated the inspiration for future Yuan Dynasty Longquan celadon examples.
Bodhisattva They included the stylistic elements of the figure within a grotto, the
Southern Song Dynasty bird and a kundika flask. Compare an elaborate and larger Yuan
Dynasty shrine illustrated in Zhongguo tao ci quanji, vol.10, Shanghai,
Modelled within a rocky grotto, wearing an elaborate crown, prayer 2000, pl.94; and one sold at Christie’s New York, 19-20 September
beads and loose robes, with a bird perched by one side and a 2013, lot 1285.
vase by the other, all below an arch of scrolling clouds with a small
Buddha head at the centre, covered overall in a translucent pale sky- The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
blue glaze. no.P106w41 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
15.5cm high
觀音慈眉善目，面形長圓。頭戴寶冠，身著長衣，胸前珠佩。一腿彎
HK$100,000 - 120,000 曲，足半露，手臂垂落。騎於其坐騎之上。至於背龕之內。觀音衣紋
US$13,000 - 15,000 自然，體態勻稱。像通體施白釉，恬靜安詳。
南宋 青白釉觀音像 坐龕觀音像盛行於南宋時期，後來元代時期的龍泉窯例子也大概受
到其影響，對比一件尺寸較大的元代坐龕觀音像，見《中國陶瓷全
集10》，上海，2000年，圖版94。另一件相關例子可見紐約佳士
得，2013年9月19-20日，拍品編號1285。
此拍品經牛津鑒定公司熱釋光年法測試（測試編號P106w41），證實
與本圖錄之定代符合。
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