The Phillip Allen Collection - 16th November 2023

Lot 1270

THREE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £403

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Description

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.