Lot Essay
A figure similar to the standing figure, but impressed with a Chang Shoushan mark, is illustrated by Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1969, pl. 138C
Details
TWO SMALL BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURES OF FEMALE IMMORTALS
QING DYNASTY
One a figure of Mazu shown standing atop a large crayfish supported on a wave base, holding a ruyi sceptre in her left hand, wearing long wind-swept robes tied with a delicate bow, the back impressed with a He Chaozong double-gourd mark and a Xuande mark within a square, covered with a glaze of creamy tone; the other figure, possibly Guanyin, shown seated on a wave base from which rises a lotus stem on which she leans while holding a ruyi sceptre, her back impressed with a He Chaochun double-gourd mark, covered with a glaze of milk-white tone; first with some restoration, second with chipped finger--9¼in. and 6in. (23.5 and 15.2cm.) high (2)
QING DYNASTY
One a figure of Mazu shown standing atop a large crayfish supported on a wave base, holding a ruyi sceptre in her left hand, wearing long wind-swept robes tied with a delicate bow, the back impressed with a He Chaozong double-gourd mark and a Xuande mark within a square, covered with a glaze of creamy tone; the other figure, possibly Guanyin, shown seated on a wave base from which rises a lotus stem on which she leans while holding a ruyi sceptre, her back impressed with a He Chaochun double-gourd mark, covered with a glaze of milk-white tone; first with some restoration, second with chipped finger--9¼in. and 6in. (23.5 and 15.2cm.) high (2)
Exhibited
Figure of Mazu: Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 92