Lot 295
295
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

Details
A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK INCISED WITHIN A RECTANGLE, 18TH CENTURY

The graceful figure shown holding a square cup aloft in her left hand, wearing long robes tied with a knotted cord and draped with a long scarf falling in crisp folds to the cloud base, the face well modeled beneath hair drawn up into a coiled topknot dressed with beads and flowers, the back incised with a double-gourd kiln mark, Fujian Dehua, and the Wanli mark, all under a milky white glaze
19 5/8in. (49.8cm.) high, wood stand

Lot Essay

Other blanc-de-chine figures incised with the same combination of the Fujian Dehua kiln mark and a Wanli six-character mark, but dated to the 18th century, are illustrated by Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1969, pls. 76 and 77