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PROPERTY FROM THE MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART,
SOLD TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM FUNDS
8136 8138
A QINGBAI GLAZED PORCELAIN EWER WITH COVER A FINE DEHUA STANDING FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Song dynasty Bo ji yu ren mark, 19th century
The globular body with a curving spout and tall foot, a wide band of Modeled emptying a vase held in her right hand and holding a lotus
flowers and leaves carved below further flower petals that encircle a stalk in her right, the stems of the lotus, the necklace and the hair
waisted neck rising within a cylindrical cover topped with an animal ornament centered with a seated Buddha all delicately worked in
finial and notched to fit over one section of the curving strap handle, contrast to the spuming waves that form the base beneath her feet,
the lustrous and pale blue-green glaze covering most surfaces, the the four-character mark impressed on the reverse at the center of her
recessed base unglazed and burnt a pale cinnamon hue with remains shoulder beneath a lustrous glaze and the hollow interior surfaces left
of three russet spur marks. unglazed.
8in (20.3cm) high 27in (68.5cm) high
US$3,000 - 4,000 US$30,000 - 50,000
8137 A standing figure of Guanyin with the same mark and of similar size
No lot was sold in Bonhams, San Francisco, sale 18888, 21 June 2011, lot
8323 (26in/66cm high, as 18th/19th century).
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