Lot Essay
A very similar figure was sold Christie's London, 25 July 1977, lot 158, but it had an impressed eight-character mark.
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19TH CENTURY
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A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF THE VIRGIN MARY
19TH CENTURY
Modelled with hands held together in prayer with a long rosary over her right arm, standing on a rockwork mound strewn with flowers over a square pedestal with chamfered corners, wearing a light green-glazed cloak over white robes tied at the waist with a dark blue sash, her face with a serene expression
12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) high
19TH CENTURY
Modelled with hands held together in prayer with a long rosary over her right arm, standing on a rockwork mound strewn with flowers over a square pedestal with chamfered corners, wearing a light green-glazed cloak over white robes tied at the waist with a dark blue sash, her face with a serene expression
12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Rafi Y. Mottahedeh, no. 583; sold Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1985, lot 354.
Literature
D. S. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol. II, no. 651, p. 621.
Exhibited
Virginia Museum, 1981-82.
Brought to you by
Arne Everwijn
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