QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A DEHUA SEATED FIGURE OF XIWANGMU
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The figure is finely modelled, seated with the hands held together above the crossed legs. The hair is swept up into a topknot, fastened with a ruyi-motif diadem. The eyes in a downcast gaze providing a serene expression. Dressed in a long flowing shawl, drapped across the bare torso adorned with an intricate network of jewellery beads falling over the robes fastened above the waist by a bow. The reverse side is impressed with an apocryphal He Chaozong seal mark within a double gourd.
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich (1909-1987)
Acquired by the current owner in 1995

Brought to you by

Ruben Lien

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Lot Essay

The current figure is laden with intricate jewels, in a style that is reminiscent of a qingbai Guanyin of Yuan period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number: 51.166. Also compare to a similar Dehua figure with a mark of Xu Youyuan, and seated on a lotus base, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26-27 October 1993, lot 69.

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