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PROPERTY FROM A CONNECTICUT COLLECTION
A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18TH CENTURY
Details
A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18th century
Shown standing atop a base of froth-capped waves, holding an inverted amphora in her left hand below the gracefully positioned right hand, wearing long flaring robes falling in crisp folds, her hair dressed in a chignon held by a hair pin behind a foliate diadem centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha, covered in a glaze of milk-white tone
18¼in. (46.4cm.) high
18th century
Shown standing atop a base of froth-capped waves, holding an inverted amphora in her left hand below the gracefully positioned right hand, wearing long flaring robes falling in crisp folds, her hair dressed in a chignon held by a hair pin behind a foliate diadem centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha, covered in a glaze of milk-white tone
18¼in. (46.4cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1974, lot 314.