18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF AN ASCETIC
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Shown seated on an oval base incised as a straw mat, wearing loosely tied robes that expose his bony chest, holding a pearl in his right hand to tempt the mongoose held against his left thigh, with curly mustache and beard, and long hair bound with a fillet, with an impressed He Chaozhong yin four-character mark on the back
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high, wood stand, box
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Shown seated on an oval base incised as a straw mat, wearing loosely tied robes that expose his bony chest, holding a pearl in his right hand to tempt the mongoose held against his left thigh, with curly mustache and beard, and long hair bound with a fillet, with an impressed He Chaozhong yin four-character mark on the back
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high, wood stand, box
Provenance
Formerly J.M. Hu Collection.
Exhibited
An Exhibition of Te Hua Porcelain, Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, January - June 1975, no. 76.
Brought to you by
Krystelle Sun
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