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A FAHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN A SMALL FAHUA JAR A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED
Mid-Ming Dynasty Ming Dynasty BOWL
The Bodhisattva modelled seated in Depicting four of the Eight Immortals, the Ming Dynasty
dhyanasana with long robes open at the shoulder with a band of demi-flowerheads With deep rounded sides and everted rim,
chest revealing jewellery, a cowl covering a and lozenge motifs, wood stand. 18cm carved to the interior with a central roundel of
high tiara featuring a small figure of Amitabha (7.1/8in) high. a boy on a hobby horse, within freely drawn
Buddha, the serene face with downcast floral and foliate bands, the exterior with a
eyes, glazed in turquoise, aubergine, ochre £800 - 1,200 broad band of lappets. 17.8cm (7in) diam.
and with gilt lacquer. 42cm (16 1/2in) high HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000 £1,500 - 2,000
£1,500 - 2,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000 CNY13,000 - 18,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
543
A SMALL CELADON-GLAZED FOLIATE
DISH
Xuande six-character mark
The Longquan-style dish incised with a floral
meander to the interior and exterior, raised
on a short foot rim with a lappet border,
together with the relevant TOCS vol. 23,
1947-1948. 9cm (3 1/2in) diam. (3).
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
Provenance
Cunliffe collection no. PM75 (label)

Exhibited
Exhibition of Celadon Wares, Oriental
Ceramics Society, 20 October - 20
December 1947, no.3 (label)

Literature
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Celadon
542 Wares, Transaction of the Oriental Ceramics
Society 1947-48, vol. 23, p.36, no. 3.

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