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A DEHUA ‘WENCHANG’ GROUP
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The group is modelled with Wenchang, seated to the centre on
an animal skin-covered throne beside two acolytes, all behind a
table with a brush rest, pen, inkstone, and paper.
6º in. (16 cm.) high, hongmu stand

£1,000-1,500 $1,300-1,900

€1,200-1,700

273 PROVENANCE

273 An Australian Private Collection.
A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
19TH CENTURY EXHIBITED

The bodhisattva is modelled seated on a rockwork base with Marchant, Blanc de Chine, 2014, no. 40, p. 69.
sutras to her side and her hands folded around her knee. She
is wearing long fowing robes, beaded jewellery and her hair is Wenchang, the God of culture and literature, became very
upswept in a high chignon. The glaze is of a creamy white tone popular in the Qing dynasty and was worshipped by the literati,
sufused with a network of crackles. particularly candidates of the civil service examination.
15 in. (38 cm.) high
See an identical group ofered at Christie’s London, 15 May
£3,000-5,000 $3,800-6,300 1995, lot 172.
€3,500-5,800
Another example is illustrated by Robert H. Blumenfeld in
清十九世紀 德化白瓷觀音坐像 Blanc de Chine, The Great Porcelain of Dehua, p.74, pl. B.

清康熙 德化白瓷文昌星坐像

來源: 澳大利亞私人珍藏
展覽: 2014年倫敦古董商MARCHANT第69頁, 展品第40號

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