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n*515 PROVENANCE
A LARGE DEHUA STANDING FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18TH-19TH CENTURY Christie’s London King Street , 6 June 1994, lot 202.
The bejewelled fgure is crisply modelled standing barefoot on a 清十八/十九世紀 德化白瓷觀音立像
wave base with a basket in her right hand, her robes fall loosely 來源: 1994年6月6日倫敦佳士德國王街拍賣, 拍品第202
about her body and the hems are incised with a foral scroll. She 號
wears a crown and her hair is piled in a high chignon. There is a
faint impressed four-character mark within a square to her back
reading Pu ji yu ren that may be translated as “Virtue extends to
all, even fshermen”.
24 in. (61 cm.) high
£5,000-8,000 $6,300-10,000
€5,800-9,200
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