Asian Art II - 8th December 2020
Lot 737
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The goddess sits in dhyanasana on a rocky pedestal, with her hands help upon her lap, she wears long flowing robes and strings of beaded jewellery, with a vase and a bird raised on pillars to either side, her two acolytes stand around a footed bowl at her feet, 22.5cm.
Cf. The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, p.114, no.259 for a comparable figural group.