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95-KUAN-YIN (jtfing)
Fuchien ware coated with a lustrous milk-white glaze. The
divine hearer of prayers is seated with one foot doubled
under and one knee raised, facing squarely forward with
head scarcely perceptibly inclined. Her hair is dressed
high and held with a pin and her head is uncovered. In her
hand she holds a scroll, and her necklace has but a single
ornament. A small rosary rests against her knee. Carved
teakwood stand.
Height, 7% inches.

96-FuCHIEN FIGURE OF KUAN-YIN (Ming)
White Fuchien ware, glazed in pure white. The goddess of
mercy is represented sitting, her right knee raised, and left
foot thrust out in front of her though the knee is folded.
Her necklace is ornamented with a single j,u-i scepter-head,
and her cowl falls lightly over her head. Her left elbow is
upheld by an armrest supported by a curved leg, with a
bird's-claw foot and a monster-head at the top. Square
mark impressed in the back under the glaze. Carved teak-
wood stand.
Height, 8% inches.

97-BuDDHISTIC l\lADONNA AND CHILD (Ming)
White Fuchien ware, glazed in a luminous gray-white. The
Madonna is sea ted cross-legged on a throne of rockery, a
bundle of scrolls on a ledge at her elbow. She faces the
spectator, looking down upon the nearly naked infant
sea ted on her knee, who holds aloft an inscribed tablet and
looks up toward it. Over his head the Madonna-like figure
holds a protecting hand, in her other hand lightly clasping
a lotus-flower seed-pod on its long scrolling stem which
gives the semblance of a scepter. Her hair is elaborately
dressed in braids and is uncovered. Her bare breast dis-
plays a jeweled necklace and she wears bracelets and arm-
lets.
Height, 1114 inches.