Asian Art - 15th November 2017
Lot 726
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF DOUMU C.1640 The goddess seated cross-legged on a tall lotus...
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A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF DOUMU
C.1640
The goddess seated cross-legged on a tall lotus throne, wearing a long robe with ribbons, a necklace and a headdress, her eyes downcast, holding various attributes in her many arms, the central pair of hands folded in a gesture of prayer, 25cm.
Cf. R Kerr and J Ayers, Blanc de Chine, Porcelain from Dehua, p.53, fig.3 and also P J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl.99B and pp.172-173, where the author explains that this figure is often known as Doumu, the Daoist goddess of the Pole Star.