Lot Essay
The book has a signed dedicatory inscription by the author dated 4 October 1969.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
STATUE DE GUANYIN EN PORCELAINE DEHUA
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
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STATUE DE GUANYIN EN PORCELAINE DEHUA
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
The Goddess of Mercy is modelled with downcast eyes and wears long, loosely flowing robes that enfold her hands but are open at the chest to reveal a beaded necklace. Her hair is tied in a topknot beneath a cowl and she is seated on a base incised with a linear design. The reverse is impressed with a double gourd seal with the maker's mark He Chaochun. The figure is offered together with the book Blanc de Chine, P.J.Donnelly, London, 1969.
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
The Goddess of Mercy is modelled with downcast eyes and wears long, loosely flowing robes that enfold her hands but are open at the chest to reveal a beaded necklace. Her hair is tied in a topknot beneath a cowl and she is seated on a base incised with a linear design. The reverse is impressed with a double gourd seal with the maker's mark He Chaochun. The figure is offered together with the book Blanc de Chine, P.J.Donnelly, London, 1969.
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
Provenance
From a large dehua collection.
Acquired personally from P. J. Donnelly by the vendor's father who was a good friend, and thence by descent.
Acquired personally from P. J. Donnelly by the vendor's father who was a good friend, and thence by descent.
Literature
P. J. Donnelly, Blanc De Chine, London, 1969, plate 151c.
Further details
A DEHUA FIGURE OF GUANYIN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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