Lot 405
405
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND AN ACOLYTE

Details
A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN AND AN ACOLYTE
HE CHAOZONG SEAL MARK, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

The well-modeled bodhisattva shown seated atop a rocky pedestal rising from waves interspersed with lotus stems, with left hand supported by a book and right hand resting atop the right knee, wearing a skirt tied at the waist and a scarf around the shoulders, the face modeled with gentle expression as the eyes gaze downwards towards the young acolyte standing on an outcropping of rock to one side, the back molded with the seal mark of He Chaozong, covered overall with a glaze of ivory tone
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

The seal reads He Chaozong. For another example bearing the same seal, see P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York and Washington, 1969, p. 277, pl. 151d; and another quite similar figure, with a different form of mark but also by He Chaozong, see P. J. Donnelly, ibid., 152a