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Lot Essay
Compare the very closely related example sold in these Rooms, 10 December 1990, lot 147 and the almost identical Wanli (dated 1615) example from the Alice Boney Collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 4 June 1992, lot 255. A Tongqi ware seated Guanyin figure is illustrated by d'Argence in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Sculpture in the Avery Brudage Collection, no. 175.
The inscription is in three sections. One lists the temple for which the figure was made, another where and the last gives the donor's name.
The figure belongs to a group of Tongqi ware figures made during the late Ming period in Tonganxian in Fukien, South China. d'Argence, op. cit., notes that Tongqi ware (also known as Dong-Khe ware), produced in Fujian province, is distinguished by 'simple shapes and the warm unctuousness of its crackled glaze'.
The inscription is in three sections. One lists the temple for which the figure was made, another where and the last gives the donor's name.
The figure belongs to a group of Tongqi ware figures made during the late Ming period in Tonganxian in Fukien, South China. d'Argence, op. cit., notes that Tongqi ware (also known as Dong-Khe ware), produced in Fujian province, is distinguished by 'simple shapes and the warm unctuousness of its crackled glaze'.