A RARE LARGE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF GUANYIN SEATED ON LOTUS BASE

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A RARE LARGE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF GUANYIN SEATED ON LOTUS BASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

The graceful seated figure modelled with her hair twisted into a loop above the head, eyes downcast in gentle contemplation, the left arm held to the waist holding a scroll, dressed in a voluminous outer robe decorated in white enamel finely incised with scrolling lotus blooms, the garment edged with a band of cafe-au-lait enamel detailed with floral gilding, the gathered inner robe tied with ribbon below a beaded necklace across the exposed bare chest, the lower robe delicately enamelled in bluish-green depicting bats in flight amidst ruyi-clouds against a light green-ground; the detachable double-lotus base of triangular cross-section, decorated with overlapping lotus petals (enamel losses overpainted, minor repairs to extremities)
20 5/8 in. (52.3 cm.) high overall

Lot Essay

It is highly unusual to find enamelled ceramic Buddhist images of such large size. No other examples appear to have been published although two smaller famille rose seated figures of Amitayus (the Buddha of Infinite Life) have been sold: the first from the J. M. Hu Collection, sold in New York, 4 June 1985, lot 70 (29.2 cm. high); and the other sold in Hong Kong, 29 October 2001, lot 606 (29.5 cm. high).

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