QING DYNASTY
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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND THREE CUPS
qing dynasty
The seated figure finely modelled with her hair coiled on the top of her head and dressed in a long flowing robe, with a ruyi-necklace around her neck, 8in. (20cm.) high; and three blanc-de-chine cups, two moulded in imitation of carved rhinoceros horn libation vessels and decorated in relief, 5in. (13cm.) wide, the other shaped as a lotus leaf with a tiny crab modelled in the interior, 3½in. (9cm.) diam., the cups with rim chips (4)
qing dynasty
The seated figure finely modelled with her hair coiled on the top of her head and dressed in a long flowing robe, with a ruyi-necklace around her neck, 8in. (20cm.) high; and three blanc-de-chine cups, two moulded in imitation of carved rhinoceros horn libation vessels and decorated in relief, 5in. (13cm.) wide, the other shaped as a lotus leaf with a tiny crab modelled in the interior, 3½in. (9cm.) diam., the cups with rim chips (4)