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                                                             A STANDING DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
                                                             Late Qing/Republic Period
                                                             Gazing peacefully downwards towards an ovoid plinth of frothing
                                                             waves; the bodhisattva attired in elaborately rendered billowing robes,
                                                             the small of her back faintly impressed in a square cartouche reading
                                                             bo ji yuren (even unto fishermen).
                                                             13 3/4in (35cm) high
                                                             $2,000 - 3,000


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                                                             A DEHUA PORCELAIN GU-FORM VASE
                                                             Transitional, early Kangxi period
                                                             Of cylindrical shape surmounted by a trumpet form mouth above a
                                                             band of raised relief depictions of the Eight Immortals, above a raised
                                                             nodule reticulated in Bagua shaped openings above a branch of
                                                             flowering prunus, the slightly inset foot surrounding a recessed base.
                                                             10in (25.5cm) high

                                                             $4,000 - 6,000




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                                                             A BLANC-DE-CHINE PORCELAIN FIGURE OF GUANYIN
                                                             19th century
                                                             Seated lalitasana on a raised plinth, the elegant figure dressed in
                                                             flowing robes and holding a ruyi scepter balanced delicately under
                                                             sloping shoulders wrapped in a short cape setting off an almond face
                                                             and high chignon.
                                                             10 1/2in (26.7cm) high
                                                             $2,000 - 3,000

                                                             Provenance
                                                             Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 1989





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