Lot Essay
Compare the 18th-century Dehua figure of Guanyin shown seated cross-legged and wearing a five-petaled foliate crown tied at the back with long tabs that fall onto the shoulders, in the British Museum, acc. no. 1980,0728.88
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18TH CENTURY
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A RARE LARGE PAINTED AND WHITE-GLAZED BISCUIT FIGURE OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA
18TH CENTURY
22 in. (55.8 cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
22 in. (55.8 cm.) high
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Compare the 18th-century Dehua figure of Guanyin shown seated cross-legged and wearing a five-petaled foliate crown tied at the back with long tabs that fall onto the shoulders, in the British Museum, acc. no. 1980,0728.88