Lot 692
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AN UNUSUAL LARGE BLANC-DE-CHINE GROTTO
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AN UNUSUAL LARGE BLANC-DE-CHINE GROTTO

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE BLANC-DE-CHINE GROTTO
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

The grotto is well carved and moulded in high relief as a large rock rising from swirling waves, with two tiers of niches sheltering eighteen Luohan figures, some standing and others seated, in contemplation or in conversation in groups, a few with mythical animals, all amidst gnarled rockwork and pine trees, covered with a milky-white glaze (areas of losses and repairs)
22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm.) high

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Related examples of similar grotto groups, the first is illustrated by P. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, The Porcelain of Tehua in Fukien, New York, 1969, pl. 92; and another group from the Robert H. Blumenfield Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers, Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p. 86, no. 37.

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