The Phillip Allen Collection - 16 Nov 2023
THREE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES
THREE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES
17TH CENTURY AND LATER
The largest modelled as Guanyin riding a phoenix, raised on a waisted base with scroll decoration; another depicting Guandi seated on a rocky outcrop and with a turtle emerging from underneath him; the third of another male figure, possibly Guandi, 23.5cm max. (3)
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
Cf. PJ Donnelly Blanc de Chine pl.97, A for a similar example.